Red paperback copy of The Outsiders found
Description
I found a red paperback copy of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton this afternoon around 1:30pm near the bus stop by the corner of Main Street and Campbell Street in downtown El Paso. It's a mass-market paperback in decent shape, with a small coffee stain on the back cover and a dog-eared page near chapter 7. The cover features a black silhouette and the title in bold white letters. Inside the first page there's a yellow sticky note that says 'For Casey' in neat handwriting and a tiny star-shaped sticker on the back cover. If this belongs to someone, I figured it might have sentimental value, and I'd really like to help get it back to its owner.
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