A gang rivalry leads to a tragedy in 1960s Oklahoma between the Socs and the Greasers. A sensitive youth gets in over his head when his best friend kills a member of a rival gang.

S.E. Hinton’s 1967 debut novel “The Outsiders” is often credited with (or blamed for) originating the entire genre of young adult literature, known as YA. The book, about rival gangs of ...