Whether she shows one young boy absorbed with a yo-yo or the crush of a public beach, the author-artist uses the framework of an alphabet book to parade a panorama of city scenes beautifully captured in black, gray, and white.
A coming-of-age novel about two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs. The Socs are wealthier and often beat up on the Greasers, including Playboy, his brothers Darry and Sodapop, and his friends Johnny and Two-Bit.