Chapter 1: In chapter one the reader of the book gets introduced to two gangs, the Greasers (a poor gang that lives in bad part of town) and the Socs (a rich gang that have great lives just are a bit rude). When you are reading the story explains all the different characters in the greasers, who the narrator in the book is (Ponyboy), and some problems that the greaser gang members face. For example the narrator Ponyboy and his brothers Sodapop and Darrys parents died in a car crash. Now Darry is the responsible one and has to take care of Pony and Soda. Also at the start of the book Ponyboy gets jumped by Socs and his brothers had to save him. Another example is that a Greaser named Johnny has parents that hit him and dont care about him in any way.
Chapter 2:
In chapter two some of the greasers meet Cherry who is a girl member of the Socs gang and Marcia who is also a girl member of the Socs gang. Dally was trying to flirt with the two girls but Johnny stood up and told him to leave them alone. If it wasn't Dally Johnny would have got a punch to the face but Dally loves Johnny so he listened to him and walked off. At the end of the chapter it talks about Johnny being jump by a bunch of Socs. Other greasers found him laying there with cuts and bruises.
Chapter 3:
Throughout chapter three it talks all about how and who jumped Johnny at the end of chapter two. In this chapter alot of little and big things happen like Cherry says to Pony how the Greasers and the Socs are different, Why Johnny likes it better when his father hits him, how Johnny and Pony dont even have to talk but they understood each other etc. One bigger thing is when Pony stays out to late with Johnny. Johnny's parents dont really care when he goes home so he stayed out with Pony. When Pony did go home Darry yelled and argued with Pony. After a while Darry slapped Pony. Pony ran of bringing Johnny with him. At the end of the chapter he eventually goes back home and just decides not to talk with Darry.
Chapter 4:
In chapter four Johnny and Ponyboy are found in the park by a group of Socs boys. The socs boys grabbed Ponyboy and shoved his face in water. The Socs boys were drowning Pony and they were making Johnny watch, but Johnny got up and stabbed Bob (a Soc) killing him and saving Pony's life. Johnny and Ponyboy were scared and decided to run away and hide so they didn't get arrested for murder. They ended up in a abandoned church that they are living in at the end of chapter four.
Chapter 5
Chapter five is about Johnny and Ponyboy hiding in the church. This chapter tells you about them deciding to turn themselves in or not, supply runs reading of a poem, them communicating etc. During the chapter Johnny and Ponyboy want to go back to the greasers but then again if they were to they would get caught be the police. They ended up cutting their hair to disguise because all the greasers have long hair. In the end of the chapter Ponyboy and Johnny are still there but they have a spy named Cherry, a Soc girl.
Chapter 6:
During this chapter Johnny tells Dally that he was going to turn himself in and Dally almost through up. The greasers argued until they realized the church they were staying in was on fire. There was a group of people except 6 kids were missing. They were in the church so Johnny and Ponyboy went hero mode and jump in to save them. The two greasers ended up saving all the kids but Johnny and Ponyboy suffered serious injury's (especially Johnny). Ponyboy and Johnny went to the hospital and after Pony felt better he finally went home to see Sodapop and Darry. Pony and Darry talked and Pony finally realized that Darry does love him. For the first time in a long time Darry cried.
Chapter 7:
In chapter 7 Ponyboy and Johnny are in the hospital because of the thing they did to save the children. Johnny had a broken back, a burnt arm and paralyzed waist down. Pony on the other hand was almost ready to go home. Before Ponyboy got out of the hospital the police came to question him. Darry happened to be there and got them to leave Pony due to all the things he was going through already. Pony went home eventually and all the other greasers were really happy to see him. The others told him that they were going to have a rumble (fight) with a group of Socs.
Chapter 8:
In chapter eight Pony and Two-Bit were in the hospital to see and cheak on Johnny. At first the nurses didn't allow them to see him but the doctor said they could because Johnny was dying. Pony and Two-Bit left after a while to go home and they met up with Cherry to talk about Johnny, Bob and the rumble (fight) that was happening that night.
Chapter 9:
In chapter nine the Greasers and the Socs were getting ready for the rumble (fight). The Greasers and Socs met in the lot but no one was making a move. After a while Darry went up and asked anyone to take him on. The rumble began. At the end of the fight all the Socs fled, making the Greasers the victors. The Greasers were all proud of each other and Pony and Dally went to go tell Johnny the good news. When they got there Johnny was dying. Dally ran down the hall all mad and upset. Johnny told Ponyboy to stay gold. At the end Johnny died.
Chapter 10:
Chapter ten was was just after Johnny had died and Pony was going home to tell the others. Ponyboy felt that the body in the bed wasn't actually Johnny, he thought Johnny was just out with a friend or at home. After telling the gang about the bad news they got a call from Dally. Dally said that he just robbed a store and that the police were after him. The greasers arrived to the lot where Dally was and the police. Dally then pulled out a gun and got shot. This resulted to Dally dying. Ponyboy lost consciousness and was sick for the rest of chapter ten. Dally and Johnny were now both dead.
Chapter 11:
Pretty much all of chapter eleven was Pony lying in a bed sick with school friends coming to visit to see how he was holding up. One of the people who came was Randy. They talked about the night Johnny had killed the Soc Bob. Ponyboy was sick at this time so didn't really know what was going on. Pony then told Randy that it was him that killed Bob not Johnny. He also said that Johnny had nothing to do with it at all.
Chapter 12
In chapter twelve the Socs and Pony headed to court to be questioned about the killing of Bob. All the Socs were questioned including Cherry ( a Soc girl). Finally Pony was questioned, but all they asked was if he liked living with his brothers. After he answered (yes) the case was closed. Pony went home. Darry and Pony started to argue about school work when they realized that Sodapop ran out the door they chased after him and eventually caught up to him. He ran away because he didn't like them arguing so Darry and Pony decided to not argue any more. Ponyboy went to school and had to do an assignment for school. Pony thought of an idea and decided to right about all the experiences he went through with the Socs, Dally, Johnny, Greasers etc. (Pretty much this story/book/novel).