Of Mice and Men
- 112 pages
- 4 hours of reading
Tragic story of the friendship between two migrant workers, George and mentally retarded Lennie, and their dream of owning a farm
Susan Shillinglaw Books
The Moon Is Down
- 115 pages
- 5 hours of reading
In this masterful account set in Norway during World War II, Steinbeck explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. Occupied by Nazi troops, a small, peaceable town comes face to face with evil imposed from the outside--and betrayal born within the close-knit community. (2nd work) Set in the California apple country this novel portrays a strike by migrant workers that metamorphoses from principled defiance into blind fanaticism.