Author
S. E. Hinton
3 books here
Tex
Young adult · ages 12–16 · 820L · 1979
Hinton's quietest novel—less iconic than The Outsiders but sharper on family rupture and the real cost of trying to escape your origins.
That was then, this is now
Young adult · ages 12–18 · 820L · 1989
Hinton's unflinching look at how class, circumstance, and moral choice splinter adolescent friendships; grittier and more morally ambiguous than The Outsiders, and it earns that weight.
The Outsiders
Young adult · ages 12–18 · 700L · 1994
The ur-text for YA problem novels—written by a 16-year-old, still unsparing about class, violence, and the cost of loyalty; holds up because it trusts readers to sit with moral complexity.