TY - BOOK AU - Steinbeck,John TI - Of mice and men SN - 9781781125939 (pbk.) : U1 - 813.52 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Barrington Stoke KW - People with mental disabilities KW - Fiction KW - California KW - Social conditions KW - Young adult fiction KW - Older Teenage Fiction KW - ukslc KW - General N1 - Dyslexic-friendly; Originally published: London: William Heinemann, 1937; Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning; UY; 4.5; 4; Quiz number: 200400 N2 - Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a place of their own and live the American dream. But dreams come at a price. Gentle giant Lennie doesn't know his own strength, and when they find work at a ranch he gets into trouble with the boss's daughter-in-law. Trouble so bad that even his protector George may not be able to save him ER -