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First published in the United Stated of America by The Viking Press, 1971

Published by Puffin Books, 1998

This edition published by Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2008

 

Copyright © S. E. Hinton, 1971

All rights reserved

ISBN 978-1-101-64259-7

 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Hinton, S. E.

That was then, this is now / S. E. Hinton

p. cm.

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate.

[1. Social problems—Fiction. 2. Friendship—Fiction.]

I. Title

PZ7.H5976Th 1998 [Fic]—dc21 97-36538 CIP AC

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