The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society. Ponyboy can count on his brothers, and on his friends, but not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up "greasers". Then one night, someone takes things too far.

A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers.

A thirteen-year-old girl seemingly destined for a modeling career finds she has a deformation of the spine called scoliosis.