S. E. Hinton
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's 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 that 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. But not on much...
2) Rumble fish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Rusty-James wants to be as tough a teen as his older brother, Motorcycle Boy, who has always helped him out of tough spots. But one day, when Rusty-James faces danger, Motorcycle Boy is not around.
4) Tex
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The love between two teen-age brothers helps to alleviate the harshness of their usually parentless life as they struggle to grow up.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Terry and Mike were cousins who were as close as cousins could be-more like twin brothers, really. They thought they were invincible and that the happy times would last forever, until the day their fathers headed off for their annual deer-hunting trip. That was when everything started to change, and their paths went in very different directions. Years later, another fateful event will send one of them to prison-and the other to a bartending job in...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The classic YA story of a boy, a horse, and pursuit of a dream. TAMING THE STAR RUNNER written by celebrated novelist S.E. Hinton, now available as an eBook for the first time. With an absent mother and a domineering step-father, Travis uses his tough-guy exterior to hide his true passion: writing. After a violent confrontation with his step-father, Travis is sent to live on his uncle's horse ranch - exile to a born-and-bred city kid. Angry and yearning...
7) S.E. Hinton Classic Collection: Rumble Fish, Some of Tim's Storie, Taming the Star Runner, and Tex
Author
Language
English
Description
One of the world's most popular young adult authors, S.E. Hinton's novels have been passed down for generations, inspiring readers of all ages. Now, new readers can discover Hinton's deeply engaging novels for the first time, and longtime fans can build their collections with a bundle of four of her most entertaining titles.
In RUMBLE FISH, two brothers discover how the bond of blood can be as tight as a noose. In TAMING THE STAR RUNNER, a horse...
10) The puppy sister
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A young boy is astonished when his new puppy begins to change into a human girl who says to him, "I love you, brother!"
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Three brothers and their friends are on the poor side of the rich-poor divide in their small town. When members of both groups show signs of friendliness to the other, those who want things to stay the way they are seek to punish the transgressors.
12) The outsiders
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Coming of age movie set in Tulsa Oklahoma in the mid sixties.
13) The Outsiders
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on S.E. Hinton's book about teenage gangs in 1966 Tulsa, OK. The "Soc's" [Socials] and the "Greasers," and the struggle of growing up as an outsider.
Francis Ford Coppola's stylized teen melodrama is based on the popular novel by S. E. Hinton. In 1960s Tulsa, the "right" and "wrong" sides of the tracks are represented by rival gangs, the upscale Socs and the underprivileged Greasers. Darrel Curtis (Patrick Swayze) is doing his best to raise...