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Aug 15, 1979 · S.E. Hinton, Miguel Martinez-Lage. 3.88. 12,693 ratings597 reviews. Easygoing, thoughtless, and direct, Tex at fifteen likes everyone and everything, especially his horse, Negrito, and Johnny Collins's blue-eyed sister, Jamie. He thinks life with his seventeen-year-old brother, Mason, in their ramshackle house would be just about perfect if ...
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Share your opinion of this book. Aimless and trouble-prone, Tex lives with his responsible older brother Mason, 17, an ace basketball player said to be ultra-popular (though he appears markedly unsociable) and determined to go on to college and away from small-town poverty. Their mother is dead and their father a here-and-gone rodeo bum.
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Tex (novel) Tex. (novel) Tex is a novel by S. E. Hinton, published in 1979. The book (like Rumble Fish and That Was Then, This Is Now) takes place in the same universe as Hinton's first book The Outsiders, but in a rural town called Garyville, Oklahoma, a fictional suburb of Tulsa . Tex and his older brother Mason live by themselves while their ...
Tex was filmed as a Buena Vista release by Walt Disney Productions in 1982. It was directed by Tim Hunter, and it starred Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly, Bill McKinney, Ben Johnson, Jack ...
Tex Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections: This detailed literature summary also contains Topics for Discussion on Tex by S. E. Hinton. Tex is the aimless, trouble-prone, and eponymous protagonist of the novel. He lives with his 17 ...
Plot Summary. In this coming-of-age tale, Texas “Tex” McCormick hails from Garyville, Oklahoma, a small town with two different kinds of people: those who leave, and those who stay. The novel opens with Tex riding his beloved horse, Negrito. Tex speaks to the horse as if he were human and the two have an obvious bond.
Summary. Tex McCormick loves his horse, Negrito. He returns home from school and is surprised that his older brother Mason is also home. Mason is a senior, the star of the basketball team, and is ...
