BEN

=**__Rumble Fish By: S.E. Hinton__**= ==

Character: Rusty-James
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__About__
Rusty-James is a tough 15 year-old living in the 60s in a poor town. He does almost any thing he wants to and is always getting into fights. The story is told as a flashback of his life when he meets an old childhood friend and they start talking about all the fun they had. In the story, his brother, Motorcycle Boy, leaves to go to California. Rusty-James is upset because Motorcycle Boy is his idle and he wants to be just like him. Read the rest of the book to find out what happens to Rusty-James and Motorcycle Boy.
 * Troublemaker
 * Courageous
 * Tough
 * Cool
 * Leader
 * Brave
 * Fighter

__Friends__

 * __Motorcycle Boy__-(Brother) Tough and Courageous 17 year-old boy that steals Motorcycles. He is kind of crazy, but Rusty-James still follows him around.
 * __Steve__-(Best-friend) Rusty-James says throughout the story that he doesn't know why Steve is his best-friend because they are nothing alike. Steve is a good kid that tries to avoid trouble the best he can,but it is hard when he is always around Rusty-James.
 * __Patty__-(Girl-friend) Patty is Rusty-James girlfriend that makes a big impact on his live when she breaks up with him.

Outsiders(Ponyboy)-They are both in books written by the same author about piratically the same story. They both have some of the same characteristics, for example they both get into a bunch of fights, are very tough,and smoke a lot.

__Hobbies__

 * Fighting
 * Drinking
 * Billiards
 * Watching movies
 * Smoking

__Favorite Songs__

 * "Back to Wentzville" by George Thorogood
 * "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood
 * "Twenty-One" by Corey Smith
 * "Drinking Again" by Corey Smith
 * "Dancing Queen" by Abba

__Education__
He didn't value his education much because he barely went to school. When he did, he went there to see his friends and not to learn. He had so many absent days that the principal called him into his office and told him that he was suspended and he couldn't come back.

By: Ben Brown