107 pages ; 19 cm

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Cowboys -- California -- Salinas River Valley -- Fiction.

Men -- California -- Salinas River Valley -- Fiction.

Salinas River Valley (Calif.) -- Fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction.

Migrant labor -- Fiction.

Ranch life -- Fiction.

Mentally handicapped -- Fiction.

Cowboys.

Friendship.

Men.

California -- Salinas River Valley.

Migrant labor -- Fiction.

Ranch life. -- Fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction.

Mentally handicapped -- Fiction.

Western stories.

Psychological fiction.

Cowboys -- Fiction.

Men -- Fiction.

Male friendship -- Fiction.

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Western stories.

Psychological fiction.

Psychological fiction -- Young adult.

Western stories -- Young adult.

0140177396 (pbk.)

9780140177398 (pbk.)

9780812416312 (hc)

0812416317 (hc)

0881030376

9780881030372