I was on one of the messages boards I frequent last week and someone posted a single phrase - "stay golden, Ponyboy". That's all it took to remember the novel the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
Written in 1967, I recall reading this book for the first time back in either 8th or 9th grade. That would have been around 1978 or 1979, when I was just younger the protagonist of the tale. Since it had been that long, I decided to check out the book at the local library to give it a read again.
