Rumble Fish - Hardcover

Hinton, S. E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812417682 ISBN 13: 9780812417685

Publisher: Perfection Learning Prebound, 1978

Synopsis

Fourteen-year-old Rusty-James runs one of the meanest gangs in his neighbourhood, his reputation safe mainly because his brother is the widely-feared Motorcycle Boy. But while his brother is now a loner who shuns gangs and fighting, Rusty-James is desperate to belong.

About this title

From the Back Cover

In the violent ganglands of urban America, Rusty-James at 14 has one burning ambition: to be like his fearless brother the Motorcycle Boy. But the Motorcycle Boy is through with gangs: ‘It wasn’t anything like you think it was. It was just a bunch of punks killing each other, like rumble fish, those Siamese fighting fish who’d kill each other if they could’.

But Rusty-James has to defend his own reputation for toughness and his blind desire leads in the end to an explosive and tragic climax.

About the Author

S. E. Hinton wrote her first novel, "The Outsiders," when she was 16. She was the recipient of the ALA's first Margaret A. Edwards Award, which honors authors "whose books have provided young adults with a window through which they can view their world and which will help them to grow and to understand themselves and their role in society." The author lives in Tulsa, OK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Perfection Learning Prebound
• Publication date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812417682
• ISBN 13: 9780812417685
• Binding: Hardcover