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Of mice and men, John Steinbeck

eng

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fiction

Of mice and men

29187600

John Steinbeck

Penguin great books of the 20th century

Accelerated Reader AR, UG, 4.5, 4.0, 8665.Reading Counts RC, High School, 8.1, 6, Quiz: 08550, Guided reading level: Z.

"They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him"--, Provided by publisher

juvenile