Finished The Outsiders book

I finished the book. It was a lot shorter than I anticipated. I think that this would be most appropriate for grades 7 and up. The author, S.E Hinton, was 16 when she wrote it. I guess the genre is historical fiction because it takes place in the past ( the early 1960s I think) and I am pretty sure the characters are fictional. My three words that describe the book would be depressing, hopeful, and dark.