THE OUTSIDERS 187

Under everyone's noses, war is brewing in 1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma. On the one hand, the Greasers--tough, working-class rebels from the other side of the tracks--dream of a better world. On the other hand, the Socials, or Socs--privileged, bored-to-death college boys--have got it all figured out. And then, as tempers flare and a sinister undercurrent of simmering enmity invites violence, someone knifes a cocky Soc. As a result, two Greasers go on the lam. Now, the already tenuous truce is at stake; only a once-and-for-all, winner-take-all rumble between the two teen gangs can sort out the men from the boys. But when you're sixteen, there are so many things you haven't seen or done yet. What difference will it make if either of them wins?