I would read it multiple times if I had too,” said seventh-grader Natalie Ruiz.Īccording to Banned Book Week Spotlight: The Outsiders, The Outsiders is one of the most banned books in the United States this day. “No, I didn’t know that The Outsiders was banned. The most recent challenge with the book was in 2001, in West Virginia for the use of gang violence. Churches from the United States have made public statements that the book should be kept away from young readers for the usage of language, drugs, and violence. Many of the characters came from broken homes, and the violence, gang culture, and drug use have led this book to be challenged and banned multiple times.Īccording to Banned Books Young Adult Novels, The Outsiders was challenged in the year of 1986, in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The gangs were based on their socioeconomic status, as the West-side was the rich kids were called Socs and the East-side was the poor kids called greasers. Hinton? If not, it’s a book about two gang rivalries of the West-side and the East-side in the town of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Have you ever read the book, The Outsiders, by S.E. Lilly Leal, Staff Reporter | February 5, 2016
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