Nienke Van Rooijen Van Rooijen itibaren 89020 San Pietro di Caridà RC, Itali itibaren 89020 San Pietro di Caridà RC, Itali

I can see why this book is the groundbreaking novel for Young Adult Literature. It is amazing, and I've never read anything like it. Ponyboy lives in Oklahoma with his two older brothers: Darry and Sodapop (his parents died shortly before the story takes place). They all belong to a gang called "Greasers" and their rivals are the Socials (Socs). Ponyboy is a really bright kid. He gets good grades, he's on the track team . . . he's just not your typical gangster. When things start to heat up between the two gangs (more so than usual), things take a turn for the worst, when one of the gang's members, Johnny, accidentally kills a Soc in self-defense. Ponyboy who witnesses it, decides to run away with Johnny. There are some books that are plot driven and there are some books that are character driven. This one is character driven and that's what makes this book so amazing. The plot is great, but the thing the reader will appreciate most about the book is when they realize how much they care about these characters. How much they know about them. How much they connect with them and love them. This book will make you laugh and make you cry (I actually didn't cry . . . but I feel like I should have . . . you know what I mean?). It's amazing and It's a book I will have in my library and will make sure every single one of my kids reads it.

I like listening to a good audiobook on the ride to work. Some really good stories in here, even if they do often cover well-traveled sci-fi ground (ie-- the one story he introduces by explaining, "I wrote this story because every sci-fi writer worth his salt needs to write a dinosaur story.") Oh, and he introduces every story with a little background info and a description of the creative process. Often, it goes something like this-- "I saw this thing that was strange, very strange, and I always remembered that, how I felt when I saw it. And i decided to write a story about it. 4 hours later, i was done." Still, good entertainment value, which is all I ask.