<b>Another classic from the author of the internationally bestselling <i>The Outsiders</i></b><p>Continue celebrating 50 years of<i> The Outsiders</i> by reading this companion novel. <i>That Was Then</i>, <i>This is Now</i> is S. E. Hinton&apos;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. <br /><br /><b>"A mature, disciplined novel which excites a response in the reader . . . Hard to forget."—<i>The New York Times</i></b></p>