Unwanted, abandoned, heartbroken, afraid. Adalyn Thomas is 17 years old, living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the late 1960's. One night her mother tells her she doesn't want her in the house anymore. She tells her she's sending her away. Somewhere safe. But apparently "somewhere safe" means a gang of rambunctious, loud, charismatic greasers. (ALL CHARACTER RIGHTS GO TO S.E. HINTON. ONLY THE ONES YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE ARE MINE)