<P> The Outsiders is a coming - of - age novel by S.E. Hinton , first published in 1967 by Viking Press . Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel , but did most of the work when she was 16 and a junior in high school . Hinton was 18 when the book was published . The book follows two rival groups , the Greasers and the Socs ( pronounced by the author as / ˈsoʊʃɪz / , short for Socials ) , who are divided by their socioeconomic status . The story is told in first - person narrative by protagonist Ponyboy Curtis . </P>
<P> The Outsiders is a coming - of - age novel by S.E. Hinton , first published in 1967 by Viking Press . Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel , but did most of the work when she was 16 and a junior in high school . Hinton was 18 when the book was published . The book follows two rival groups , the Greasers and the Socs ( pronounced by the author as / ˈsoʊʃɪz / , short for Socials ) , who are divided by their socioeconomic status . The story is told in first - person narrative by protagonist Ponyboy Curtis . </P>
who is the protagonist in the book the outsiders
who is the protagonist in the book the outsiders
Ponyboy Curtis
Ponyboy Curtis