A Good Book

After our discussion in class on what makes a book a "good" book, one that continuously came to mind was S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. Although some may not consider this a children's book, it is one that I enjoyed reading in fifth grade. S.E. Hinton wrote this book when she was only sixteen so her target audience was probably readers of her own age. This was a book that my mom, brother, and I read and all loved for different reasons. I liked it for the suspenseful storyline and the closeness shared between the Greasers, and most of all, for Ponyboy. I had crush on Ponyboy's character and I think the main reason I liked it so much was because although he wasn't much older than me, his life was so different from mine and it was a life that I could only experience through this book. I still read this book at least once a year and I still cry every time at the end.