"Let's Do It for Johnny!" by American rock band Bowling for Soup has its name in reference to that novel by S. E. Hinton that describes what two groups?
The Outsiders (novel) The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1967 by Viking Press. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel, but did most of the work when she was 16 and a junior in high school. Hinton was 18 when the book was published. The book follows two rival groups, the Greasers and the Socs (pronounced by the author as , short for "Socials"), who are divided by their socioeconomic status. The story is told in first-person narrative by protagonist Ponyboy Curtis.
Don't Stop the Carnival (novel) Don't Stop the Carnival is a 1965 novel by American writer Herman Wouk. It is a comedy about escaping middle-age crisis to the Caribbean, a heaven that quickly turns into a hell for the main character. The novel was turned into a short-lived musical and later, album by Jimmy Buffett in 1997.