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"I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why."
"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place ...With us it ain't like that.We got a future ...because I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you." George and Lennie are migrant American labourers the one alert and protective and the other strong, stupid and potentially dangerous. This is the powerful story of their relationship and their dreams of finding a more stable and less lonely way of life. This hardback educational edition comes without notes.
What are you reading this week? And what did you think of last week’s books? (7/2/2026)
I'm continuing to work my way through War and Peace and am happily surprised at how accessible Tolstoy's writing is. I'm also working on Days of Sun and Shadow for the BookBrowse Book Club Discussion and am loving it. It's absolutely my favorite genre. Audiobook wise, I'm listening to Captain Blo...
-Lana_Maskus
Which books did you read in high school English class?
my side of the mountain by jean craighead george hatchet by gary paulsen of mice and men by john steinbeck how to kill a mockingbird by harper lee outsiders by se hinton
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John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters."
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