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Cover of Of Mice and Men
1937

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

Itinerant ranch workers George Milton and Lennie Small share a dream of owning their own land in Depression-era California. Steinbeck's novella has been one of the most consistently challenged books in American schools for nearly a century, challenged for its profanity, racial slurs, and frank treatment of euthanasia.

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Why this book is challenged

  • profanity
  • racial slurs
  • euthanasia themes
  • unsuitable for age group