S. E Hinton

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1) The outsiders

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The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parents' death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society. "No one ever said life was easy. But Ponyboy is pretty sure he's got things figured out. He knows that he can count on his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. And he knows that he can count on his friends--true friends who would do anything for him, like Johnny and Two-Bit. And when it comes to...

2) Tex

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Hinton, S. E

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The love between two teenage brothers helps to alleviate the harshness of their usually parentless life as they struggle to grow up.

3) Rumble fish

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Hinton, S. E

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A junior high school boy idolizes his older brother, the coolest, toughest guy in the neighborhood, and wants to be just like him.

4) That was then, this is now

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Hinton, S. E

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Sixteen-year-olds Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate.

5) Taming the star runner

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Hinton, S. E

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Laurel-leaf books

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Sent to live with his uncle after a violent confrontation with his stepfather, sixteen-year-old Travis, an aspiring writer, finds life in a small Oklahoma town confining until he meets an eighteen-year-old horse trainer named Casey.

6) Hawkes Harbor

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Hinton, S. E

7) S.E. Hinton Classic Collection: Rumble Fish, Some of Tim's Stories, Taming the Star Runner, and Tex

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Hinton, S. E

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Four gripping, intense novels from "the author who changed the way that books for teens were written" (The New Yorker). With millions of copies sold, S.E. Hinton's novels have inspired readers of all ages for generations. This volume includes four of the award-winning author's most compelling books. In Rumble Fish, two brothers discover how the bond of blood can be as tight as a noose: "Packs a punch that will leave readers of any age reeling."—School...

8) Wuthering Heights

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Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848

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This is the story of the savage, tormented foundling Heathcliff, who falls wildly in love with Catherine Earnshaw, the daughter of his benefactor, and the violence and misery that result from their thwarted longing for each other. A book of great power and strength, it is filled with the raw beauty of the moors and an uncanny understanding of the terrible truths about men and women. It is an understanding made even more extraordinary by the fact that...