That Was then, This is Now - Hardcover

Hinton, S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670697982 ISBN 13: 9780670697984

Publisher: Puffin, 1988

Synopsis

Another classic from the author of the internationally bestselling The Outsiders

Continue celebrating 50 years of The Outsiders by reading this companion novel. That Was Then, This is Now is S. E. Hinton's moving portrait of the bond between best friends Bryon and Mark and the tensions that develop between them as they begin to grow up and grow apart.

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

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

"This unforgettable classic still packs a powerful message even after nearly thirty years in print."--Children's Literature

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: Puffin
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0670697982
• ISBN 13: 9780670697984
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 156