Of+Mice+and+Men

1) Of Mice and Men 2) John Steinbeck 3) Two men travel around doing migrant working jobs. George looks out for Lenny at all their job sites to make sure that he stays out of trouble. Lenny has a mental disorder of some kind. Unfortunately, problems arise and George feels like he has to take care of Lenny one last time. 4) Fiction 5) Lenny accidently kills a woman when she starts yelling in the barn. George then kills Lenny in the woods as a way to try to protect his friend forever. 6) According to Goodreads, this book received 3.72 stars out of 5 stars. One user commented how the book seemed emotionally draining because the main characters were always trying to fight for their dreams. 7) There have been 35 different challenges across the United States to try to censor or ban this book. A group of people in Ohio read the book and counted 108 different profanity words and 12 racial comments. In 2003 the book was still being removed from classrooms and libraries in Mississippi (Censorship- Free Libraries, 2010). 8) Ages 13+ References: Of mice and men. //Censorship- Free Libraries.// 2010. http://censorfreelib.blogspot.com/2010/04/of-mice-and-men.html Of mice and men. //Goodreads Inc.// http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/890.Of_Mice_and_Men