That Was Then, This Is Now

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Summary: Excellent, but Very Sad
Review: This book is very, very well writen. It really gets you interested in what happens in each characters life. The book however really made me sad. It's very depressing. I recomend it to anyone who can handle sad books.

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Summary: A Good High School Book
Review: "That Was Then, This Is Now," is a book about teenagers and all the things that happen to them as they grow up. You know most teenagers have to encounter a lot of things like drugs, rape, and revenge. Kids this day would have not said anything. This story was not afraid to tell it all. They may offend some people so if you are young and immature and can't handle the truth, then you don't want to read this book. Even if I don't agree with what was happening some of the time, at my age I still need to learn how to deal with it.

To break it down, all in all, this book is realistic. If I had to judge this book on a scale of 1 to 10, it would be a 7. It was an entertaining book which held my attention throughout the whole story. I recommend this book to other freshmen.

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Summary: One Of The BEST
Review: I think that this is one of S.E. Hintons greatest books. It is humorous and happy at times, and dark and sad at other times. I really enjoyed reading this book and highly recommend it. If you've never read this before...you'll want to read it over again anyways so you might as well buy it :)

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Summary: That Was Then, This is Now
Review: That Was Then ,This is now was a classic S.E. Hinton book. It consisted of immature teenagers, gangs, brawls, and depressing scenarios of loss. This book was a type of sequel to the outstaning book of The Outsiders. It was about two brothers who live together in the 60's. Mark who is in his teens and Bryon who is in his teens too. Bryon who is growing away from his brother Mark. They go through challanging phases and intersting scenes.

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Summary: This story opened my eyes to the wonderful world of books.
Review: When I was in the 6th or 7th grade in Leesburg, Virginia, I had Reading class with a teacher by the name of Mrs. Arbogast. During the school year, she decided to read the S. E. Hinton book "That Was Then, This Is Now" aloud to the class. That first day, not a one student made a move when the bell sounded signaling the end of class. Every child in the room was hooked! We could hardly wait until the next day when we would be able to hear more. By the end of the book, I decided that if this one story was so good, I just had to give the library a second chance. We were very lucky to have such a great teacher. If I could ever tell her how much that one experience meant to me, I would. Because of this book and Mrs. Arbogast, I now am an avid reader!

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Summary: Hinton's worst book, but even her worst isn't bad
Review: That was Then, This is now was an alright book. Its plot was fairly interesting and it moved at a pretty good pace. I just didn't like any of the characters in it except for Ponyboy and he was only it for a little while. I'd still recommend this book to any one from about 12-500. I think maybe the only reason I didn't like it was because I read "The Outsiders" S.E. Hinton's best (In my opinion) and this wasn't even close to as good as it. It wasn't bad though.

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Summary: deep...
Review: when i first picked up this book i expected it to be another book like The Outsiders, but it isn't. it is about life and growing up in general, but for once it isn't suger-coated; like all those 'young adult' books. it doesn't have a happy ending, it doesn't really resolve, but it does let you know that life goes on, and that it allways will. so if you want a 'happily ever after' story don't get this, but if you want a real book about life then you will like this book.

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Summary: Good Book
Review: "~The book that I read was That Was Then, This Is Now. It's about a sixteen year old boy named Bryon. Bryon is having a hard time with the way things change so much. He and Mark, his brother, are going through hard times because they have been so close to each other. Now they are building a gap between themselves."~ their lives.

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Summary: A GREAT BOOK
Review: this is one of the best books I have read.it makes you ask your self what would you do?it keeps you on the egde of your seat.if you like books about teens or books that could raely happen this is the book to buy.

Rating:
Summary: Good Book
Review: The book that I read was That Was Then, This Is Now. It's about a sixteen year old boy named Bryon. Bryon is having a hard time with the way things change so much. He and Mark, his brother, are going through hard times because they have been so close to each other. Now they are building a gap between themselves.

Bryon met a girl named Cathy. They have become really close. Mark is kind of jealous because Bryon spends more time with Cathy than with him, and they have been together all their lives.

Anyway, other than the very beginning, this is a good book.