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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
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....
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....
3) East of Eden
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Based on John Steinbeck's novel and directed by award-winning director Elia Kazan. The emotionally charged film tells the story of lonely youth Cal, who vies for the affection of his hardened father and favored brother, Aron.
Author
Series
Bulletin volume No. 52, 52-A, 52-B
Publisher
California Department of Public Works
Pub. Date
1946
Language
English
10) Of mice and men
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
In Depression-era California, two migrant workers dream of better days on a spread of their own until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences.
Author
Series
Geological Survey bulletin volume 1255
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Print. Off
Pub. Date
1968
Language
English
13) The long valley
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
The fiction of John Steinbeck has amassed generations of admirers since first making its mark on the literary landscape in the mid-20th century. The Long Valley is a collection of 12 short stories set in the author's birthplace of Salinas Valley, California. A must-read for Steinbeck fans and for all lovers of American literature, the collection includes "The Murder," "The Chrysanthemums," "The Vigilante," and the classic Red Pony tales.
...14) Of mice and men
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of two migrant workers trying to realize their dreams of owning a ranch until one of them succumbs to his weakness for soft, helpless creatures and strangles the farmer's wife.
15) East of Eden
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 34
Language
English
Description
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks' and the Hamilton's--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The story of two brothers, Aron is a clean-cut model student, engaged to be married, the pride of his hardworking father. Cal is a rebellious loner, sternly rejected...
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