Everybody loves a good rumble! The Outsiders features interesting characters: beer-on-cereal-instead-of-milk kind of characters; as well as sympathetic characters: kid-saves-kids-in-fire-and-dies kind of characters. By the end of the novel readers even feel sorry for the real jerks in the novel, like Dallas.
The novel also makes at least a slight attempt at presenting both sides of a difficult story. The narrative doesn't spend much time on the Socs, but it does spend a little.
Finally, the novel is a simple and emotional read for younger readers. It won't be read forever by older readers, but it will probably be around for a long time with middle schoolers.
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