The Outsiders- Before Reading

I have not heard a lot about The Outsiders but my mom told me she read it as a kid and liked it.  I know that this book is classified a “coming of age” book, and there is gang violence as well as bad language and drug use. After doing a little bit of research I found that the author of this book was in high school when writing this book. This makes it interesting because the book is about teenagers and since a teenager is writing it, I think the perspective will be interesting. Overall, I do not really know what to expect of this book, although since it is considered a classic it means a lot of people enjoyed reading it so hopefully I will too.