Title: That Was Then, This is Now
Author: S.E. Hinton
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Story Rating
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5.0 out of a possible 10.0
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Book review by: michael
age: 13Review submitted on 10/31/2008 at 16:29:41
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Illustrations Rating
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5.0 out of a possible 10.0
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michael writes the following about That Was Then, This is Now :
Mark and Bryon’s Story
Bryon gets home from the hospital and wants to smoke a cigarette. So he looks under Mark’s bed for some cigarettes but instead he finds drugs. Bryon calls the cops on Mark and turns him in. When Mark gets home Bryon says “I called the cops on you.” Mark said” no man, tell me it isn’t true!” Later on Bryon goes to see Mark at the jail he is staying at. After Bryon says I’m sorry, Mark gets up and walks toward Bryon and punches him in the face. Then Mark and Bryon start going at it. One punch after another and one kick after another. Mark and Bryon are both bleeding from their faces. The cops unlock the doors and break up the fight.
Two years later Mark gets out of jail. Bryon tells Mark that he broke up with Cathy. After that Mark and Bryon did not talk for one year. Then they meet each other at the park. They started hanging out and talking and they were best buds again. Bryon started going out with Cathy again and Mark started going out with Angelina. They started going out on double dates, going to parties, and eventually, both couples got married. They had there own houses and jobs. Mark was a baseball player and Bryon was a business man. They were very happy people.
Two years later Bryon and Cathy’s parents died. It was a very sad time. Mark and Bryon had kids and they started going to school. They made good grades and got in fights every once in a while. They were both happy families. They had barbeques and cook outs all the time. There kids are best friend and they hung out and played together all the time.
Mark and Bryon’s kids went on to high school. They got girl friends and went to the prom and they both got jobs at a grocery store. M&M’s brain was still a little messed from taking LSD but he was still a nice friendly kid but still messed up in the head. M&M did not go to college. Mark and Bryon’s kids go to college and one of them becomes a doctor and the other one becomes a dentist. There kids live happily ever after. Bryon and Mark retire from there jobs and drink coffee and watch sports games all the time. Mark went in to the hall of fame. And Bryon just retired from being a business man. Star bucks is there favorite place to get coffee and they like to eat doughnuts. Glazed is there favorite type of doughnuts.
Five years later Mark and Bryon go on a trip to Europe. They got to try all kinds of food and got to see the sights. They even got to see the ‘Bowtie of Europe’. They meet all kinds of new friends and people, they got to try things they have never did before.
That is the story of Mark and Bryon. Tshhey lived happy lives.
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