The Outsiders book review/reading responds

This week I finished the book The Outsiders. I have to say it is one of my favorite books alongside The Sixth sense Secrets from beyond: The Runaway. I give this book 9 out of 10 because it talks about a subject that can be very exciting and run to read about. In the city the boys lived in there was a war. The rich kids of the town and the pour kids of the town fought over territories like gangs. This book has a very realistic sense to it that makes you think it all actually happened and you are hearing it from one perspective. There were 2 different main perspectives that this author could write from but I think he chose the better one. This book has is written in 1st person. The book has many characters that are easy to like. Once you get through the beginning of the book, it suddenly becomes ten times more interesting and you would have a hard time setting the book down. When the characters get involved in a big conflict the story really starts taking shape. The book is interesting because the story often takes sharp turns and completely throws off your ideas of what might happen next. For example, when the main characters were hiding in a church, they cut and bleached their hair so the police could not recognize them. I expected them to stay in the church until the police would be called to more urgent cases.
Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone over the age of 9, because it has a fast paced storyline that keeps people interested. This book has themes that may be unsuitable for kids younger than nine, because it talks about violence, killing and gang fights with the occasional curse words.