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1993., Penguin Books Call No: FIC Steinbeck C.2 Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: The tragic story of the friendship between two migrant workers, George and mentally retarded Lenny, and their dream of owning a farm.
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1993., Juvenile, Penguin Books Call No: REALISTIC F STE Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: Penguin great books of the 20th century.Summary Note: "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"--
