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That Was Then, This Is Now

by S. E. Hinton

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The black woman tells her friends to kill Mike because, despite him helping her earlier in a drugstore, she seeks to reverse the power dynamics she experienced. After feeling powerless among whites,...

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Bryon's mother asks him to visit the boy in the hospital room next to hers. Bryon initially refuses, but Mark visits the boy, named Mike Chambers, who shares his story with Bryon. Mike was beaten by...

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In Chapter 2, Bryon's mother is in the hospital. Bryon and Mark visit her, noting the neighborhood's support through food deliveries. She asks Bryon to visit a boy next door who has no visitors, but...

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Bryon had negative experiences with police officers when he was younger, and this shaped his opinion of them.

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Chapter 2 of That Was Then, This Is Now has varying lengths depending on the edition. In the 2008 Speak edition, it spans 17 pages, from page 25 to 42. However, in the Google Books version, it...

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