That Was Then, This Is Now

Authors: Hinton, S. E.
Lexile: 780,
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
BISAC/Subject: YAF058000, YAF058120, YAF058080
ISBN: 9781101642597, Related ISBNs: 0140389660, 0593349652, 0670697982, 0670697990, 1101642599
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 160,
Audience: Young adult
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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