Thus, Hinton’s voice remained earnest and open in a way only a teenager can be. In the end, they hardly changed any of her writing, making only minor suggestions (example: ‘maybe if Dally whips out a gun, he should have had a gun prior to this scene’). The manuscript editors would eventually see was Hinton’s third draft of the novel. After her friend was jumped on the way home from the movies, Hinton began writing a story about her friend’s beating. She wanted to write about the socioeconomic divisions she saw altering the lives of her classmates-a phenomenon no one would address. Hinton didn’t want to read another book about proms (which, to be fair, tend to have all the emotional depth of the punch bowl). Its earnest, emotional tone resonated deeply with teenagers… probably because its author was one. Hinton’s The Outsidersbecame the first YA novel to hit shelves.
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