Here, a tribute to the book that created young adult fiction as we know it today. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. What is it like for you to still be talking about this book. Hinton, jeff woodman for free with a 30 day free trial. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Teenagers still feel like i felt when i wrote the book, that adults have no idea whats really. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. You make the process sound very accessible and doable. S e hinton biography and bibliography, make sure you watch part 2 of 2 as well.
This international bestseller and inspiration for a beloved movie is a heroic story of. But not on much else besides trouble with the socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time. You started writing the book when you were only 15, so youre not. Rich kids, greasers and the lifechanging power of the outsiders january 28, 20 when author ally carter found out that s. Hinton interview from the back of the current edition of the book you were a sixteenyearold high school student in oklahoma when you wrote the outsiders. Back before ya was even a recognizable genre of literature, teenager s. In an interview for sunday morning, sheryl sandberg, the facebook coo and author of option b, talks with cbs news norah o. I remember, when tex came out in paperback, going to the bookstore and buying a copy. Allyoucanread digital newsstand with thousands of the worlds most popular newspapers and magazines. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The outsiders rumble fish that was then, this is now tex taming the star runner hawks harbor tims stories big david, little david the puppy sister. What is it like for you to still be talking about this book after 50 years. Audio books online download, free unabridged audiobook. Download unabridged audiobook for free or share your audio books, safe, fast and high quality.
Sign up below to start listening to audiobooks and get your first book free, plus 2 bonus books from our vip selection. Hinton reflects on the 50th anniversary of the outsiders real. The enduring spell of the outsiders the new york times. Safe to get and share audio book here and downloading speed is great on audiobook bay abb. Includes a brief biography, synopses of all hintons works, her thoughts about them, and answers to frequently asked questions. It was a time when a kid could buy a book with the kind of money a kid had. There was a fear that boys might not be interested in the novel if. He returns home from school and is surprised that his older brother mason is also home. I was talking to a friend and she was telling me that her mother wrote childrens books. Hinton, who was just a teen herself 16 when the book was first published, for her thoughts on the book s legacy, her struggle with writers block, and which famous movie star still calls her mom.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the outsiders penguin. Mason is a senior, the star of the basketball team, and is hoping to. Susan eloise hinton rocked the publishing world with her debut, the outsiders, in 1967. The outsiders isnt just a staple read in englishlanguage arts classes in middle schools. She is the author of six other muchbeloved novels, a picture book, and her new. After that one, i went to the strict discipline of the tim stories, settling into one voice, allowing only a thousand words a story. In this revealing 2005 interview, jk rowling and stephen fry, the voice of the audio books, discuss living with harry potter. Hinton you were a sixteen yearold high school student in oklahoma when you wrote the outsiders. Hintons 1967 comingofage novel credited teenagers with a rich interior life. The success of the outsiders helped boost the popularity of hintons subsequent.
Unfortunately, the video interview in our studio was unusable due to a. Hinton had been a teenager when she wrote the outsiders. Bbc arts the novels that shaped our world coming of. Her debut novel, the outsiders, which she wrote when she was sixteen. Listen to thousands of best sellers and new releases on your iphone, ipad, or android. Told from the perspective of an actual young person hinton received her publishing contract upon graduating from high school, the book offered an unflinching look at the tough lives of a street gang called the greasers, who created. Vast selection of top stories in fullcontent format available for free.
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