A collection of newspaper articles, poems, short stories and extracts from novels exploring the theme of ousiders - who have experiences that set them apart from those around them. A variety of texts make up each of the four themed sections: Fictional outsiders; Heroes and heroines; Moving places, moving lives and Feeling different. The collection includes texts by Mark Haddon, Harper Lee, Doris Lessing, Michael Morpurgo, Gervase Phinn and Benjamin Zephaniah.