Rumblefish is a coming of age novel by S.E Hinton, and the sequel to her first classic, The Outsiders, although the links between the two are slight. The plot concerns Rusty James, an Emo Teen on the inside, ruthless gangster on the outside, who is constantly trying to live up to the reputation of his older brother, The Motorcycle Boy who has grown bored with life and is, ironically, trying to escape from the reputation he has created. When The Motorcycle Boy comes back to town after several months on the road, Rusty James world comes crashing down as he comes to terms with the fact that his brothers violent lifestyle is something that he can never have, and that he must rise above the only world he has ever known in order to prove himself the man he's always wanted to be, which means lett