Dec 22, 2009

That Was Then, This Is Now | That Was Then, This Is Now

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Author: S. E. Hinton
First Published: 1971
Type of Work: Novel
Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
Subjects: 1960’s, Adolescence, Teenagers, Midwest, Substance abuse, Brothers, Drug addiction or addicts, Orphans or orphanages, Juvenile delinquency
Locales: Tulsa, OK

In many ways, That Was Then, This Is Now is a sequel to The Outsiders, for the setting in this second Hinton novel is similar, and some of the same characters appear. It is a few years later, however, and the concerns in this adolescent world have changed.

Mark Jennings, fifteen, has been living with Bryon Douglas and his mother since Mark's parents killed each other in a drunken fight seven years before. Mark and Bryon, the sixteen-year-old narrator of the novel, are as close as brothers—and perhaps too close. As the story unravels, it becomes apparent that Mark...

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That Was Then, This Is Now | That Was Then, This Is Now

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