publication date: Saturday, March 16, 2019 (part of Spring 2019)

category: Literature

clue: She didn't have any outside influences when she wrote a best-selling novel about gangs at her Oklahoma high school.

explanation: Hinton's works include The Outsiders. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Erik Bates, Aaron Shurtleff, and Stan Iwanchuk


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