Listening to the audio while reading the text can help with a variety of reading skills:
Decoding/fluency
Attending skills/focus
Comprehension
This works best, however, if you read the text at the same time.
There are many free audio versions of the novel available online. I chose one with a male voice as story's narrator is male. Select the appropriate chapter below to listen to the audiobook.
The Outsiders by 
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