Outsiders

Order! Now, people of the jury, just listen to the facts, Pony Boy needs to go to a foster home. Pony-Boy has run away from his brothers. Pony-Boy has been injured because of this. Pony-Boy's brothers had let him smoke. These are some reasons why Pony-Boy should go to foster care. The first thing is that Pony-Boy would not be allowed to smoke anymore. He has been allowed to smoke by his brothers Darry and Soda-Pop for a long time, and this is very bad for him. This could cause lung cancer…

There are these 2 bandits sneaking out of the woods, happen upon a refugee camp that is a few miles away from a war zone between countries. These bandits think they can make some coin, steel a kid from the camp and use him for some ransom money. So they leave a note and run off with the child to the cave to wait deep inside for the ransom from the camp for the kids release a few hours later, a search and rescue team arrives at the cave they enter the cave and confront the bandits on a bridge…

“if you’re going through hell, keep going.” Winston Churchill said. Churchill might as well have been talking to Louie Zamperini. In other words, Louie went through hell his whole life, from a young boy running away from the police, to a mature young man setting a NCAA record by running the mile with bleeding shins and an impaled toe. Furthermore, being a prisoner of war almost dying of hunger and beaten to death to also having PTSD after the war ended. These are some trials and tribulations…

Ponyboy (Michael Curtis) is a 14 year old Greaser, has a solid build, is the narrator of the story, and is small for his age. He has light-brown almost red hair; it is squared off in the back and long in the front and sides, and he has greenish-grey eyes. Equally important, he does not use his head outside of school, according to Darry, and he digs books and movies. Finally, he is an amazing track star, loves to eat chocolate, and he idolizes his brother Sodapop who is 16 years old. Dally…

“Hello Paul,” Darry said Soda made a sound almost as if he had just been shot with a tranquilizer and was going to faint I realized that the blonde standing in front of Darry was Paul Holden The best halfback on Darry's High School football team, they used to be great buddies when they graduated they went their separate ways. Darry wasn't brazen about being on our side. Even though if he didn't have me and Soda he would be a Soc. The silence grew stronger until I heard “WAIT UP” Dallas Winston…

Tom Sawyer Final Copy “Best friends” is a term used to describe two or more people with a close bond and many similarities. In reality, being best friends doesn’t mean liking the same things, but bonding together with your differences. In Mark Twain’s novel, Tom Sawyer, two best friends Tom and Huck go on many adventures and witness many things together. One of the many tragic events that they witness is Injun Joe, the antagonist of the novel kills a man named Dr. Robinson. This event brings Tom…

As many of you may be aware, last weekend there was a huge fire at a local church in Jay Mountain. What you may not be aware of, however, is that this story involved a couple of delinquents who risked their lives to save children in this burning Church. As children were playing in the church it mysteriously caught on fire. Though the authorities do not know exactly what happened that could have started the fire, it is believed that the fire may have been due to a lit cigarette that burned…

This book is about tenagers that really don't fit in. It is about a place where there is gangs. These gangs are rivals. There also rich kids who fight the gangs. “I gotta do something. It seems like there’s gotta be someplace without greasers or Socs, with just people. Plain ordinary people. This was said by johnny. It really does describe this book. It is about having a place that is not just Socs or greasers. It describes a place with out bullies, without robbers ,and bad things happening in…

Nothing Special by Geoff Herbach 283 pages Characters: Felton is a top recruit in the nation for football. Felton’s little brother’s name is Andrew and his dreams of being a pianist have been crushed by Felton. Felton’s old friend Gus is kind of weird but he is still friends with Felton even though Felton is an athlete. Background: Felton and Andrews’s dad killed himself in their garage. Their mom became wacko after that and she needed some help. Felton grew up being picked on, he was small,…

It is important to have a friend that you can depend on when you need it, to give you confidence and hope in your life. Nightjohn By Gary Paulsen is a great example of this. When sarny needs someone or wants to do something that she can't because she could get beaten, nightjohn is there for her. Even if there is a risk to take you can do it if you have someone to do it for. To start with, Sarny is a little girl, her mom got sold by a speculator so she is raised by another slave named mammy.…