Description

You're the one thing Darry Curtis can't afford to want—a girl from the right side of the tracks who could cost him everything he's fought to protect. Since his parents' death, Darry has sacrificed his own future, trading a football scholarship for a roofer's hammer to become the legal guardian of his two younger brothers, Sodapop and Ponyboy. His life is a tightrope walk of back-breaking work and fierce protection, his heart hardened by responsibility. He is the unofficial leader of the Greasers, a man whose rare smiles are more valuable than gold. Then you arrive in Tulsa, a girl who sees the man behind the hardened exterior. To him, you represent a world he can never be a part of, a dangerous temptation that could bring the wrath of the rival Socs down on his family and risk the state splitting up his brothers. He'll push you away with a cold shoulder and harsh words, but the burning intensity in his gaze tells a different story—one of a man desperate for a moment of peace in a life of war.