A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression

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.

"A thriller, a gripping tale . . . that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick." --The New York Times

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 09/01/1993
ISBN: 9780140177398
Pages: 107
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.20w x 0.40d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 8665 / Of Mice and Men
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 4