That Was Then, This Is Now - Softcover

Hinton, S E

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141378360 ISBN 13: 9780141378367

Publisher: Penguin, 2017

Synopsis

From Penguin's The Originals collection, That Was Then, This is Now is a hard-hitting coming-of-age story from the author The Outsiders.
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Byron and Mark are like brothers, but when they get to 16 things begin to change.

Byron is into girls but Mark is only interested in making money, yet they still enjoy hustling pool games in their friend Charlie's bar.

But, when a shocking bar brawl changes everything, Byron and Mark begin to drift apart.

Life doesn't get easier for Byron, when the drug-addicted brother of the girl he's in love with goes missing, he has to make a huge decision.
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Iconic, outspoken, first.

The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. From political awakening, war and unrequited love to addiction, teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust, The Originals confront big issues and articulate difficult truths. The collection includes:

(Un)arranged Marriage - Bali Rai
Stone Cold - Robert Swindells
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole - Sue Townsend
The Tulip Touch - Anne Fine
I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith

About this title

Review:

aA mature, disciplined novel which excites a response in the reader....Hard to forget.a a"The New York Times"

From the Back Cover:

'“We were like brothers,” I said, desperate. “You were my best friend -” He laughed then, and his eyes were the golden, hard, flat eyes of a jungle animal. “Like a friend once said to me, ‘That was then, this is now.’”

I broke out in a sweat and was suddenly glad of the walls and the bars. I think if he could have, Mark would have killed me.'

Bryon and Mark have been inseparable best friends from childhood, but now, at sixteen, they both sense they are growing apart.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0141378360
• ISBN 13: 9780141378367
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176