<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> The Outsiders </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Rumble Fish </Td> </Tr> <P> That Was Then, This Is Now (published and set in 1971) is a coming - of young adult novel by S.E. Hinton . It follows the relationship between two friends, Mark and Bryon, who are like brothers but find their relationship rapidly changing . It was later made into a film starring Emilio Estevez and Craig Sheffer . </P> <P> It is the 1960s in a bad part of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and sixteen - year - olds Bryon Douglas and Mark Jennings have been best friends since childhood . Mark has also been Bryon's adoptive brother since his parents shot each other in a fight over his legitimacy . The two teenagers live with Bryon's mother, who is in the hospital post-operation at the start of the story . The family is very poor and they are having trouble getting together enough money to pay for the operation . The story begins when Bryon and Mark go to a bar, owned by their older friend Charlie, to hustle pool . They need to find a way to pay Charlie back three dollars by tomorrow, or else they will get beaten up . They run into M&M, a local scrawny kid nicknamed for his obsession with the candy . M&M has been going through a hippie "phase ." Although they find him strange, the older boys find M&M endearing, and defend him when the local hood Shepard Gang jumps him . In the fight, the resourceful Mark draws up three dollars from the attackers . Mark and Bryon visit their mother in the hospital . She tells them to visit a boy across the hall . Bryon first goes to the cafeteria, where he meets M&M's older sister Cathy, just returned from private school, and becomes smitten with her . He goes upstairs and listens to the boy across the hall--Mike Chambers--and is affected by his story . Mike was beaten up for a crime he did not commit--as a matter of fact, he was actually trying to help the situation--and yet he does not hate his aggressors . </P>

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