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1) The pearl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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The story of a Mexican fisherman who thinks that he has found the Pearl of World, and that he and his family will be wealthy and happy.
2) Cannery row
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Language
English
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"Published in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. Drawing on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Henri, Mack and his boys, and the other characters in this world, where only the fittest survive, to create a novel that is at once one of his most humorous and most poignant works." -- Amazon...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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An intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers
To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years.
With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and the country roads,...
To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years.
With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and the country roads,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of Steinbeck’s last novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With Ethan no longer a member of Long Island’s aristocratic class, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards. Set in Steinbeck’s contemporary...
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the Arthurian legend, Steinbeck creates a Camelot on a shabby hillside above the town of Monterey, California, and peoples it with a colorful band of knights. He chronicles their deeds--their multiple lovers, their wonderful brawls, their Rabelaisian wine-drinking--all circling Danny, whose house, like Arthur's castle, becomes the gathering place for men looking for adventure, camaraderie, and a sense of belonging, without the corrupting...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Presents fifteen stories by twentieth-century American author John Steinbeck, set in California's Salinas Valley and capturing the experiences of the country farmer and the town laborer; includes such works as "The Murder," "Chrysanthemums," "Flight," and "The Red Pony."
Author
Series
Library of America volume 170
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 72
Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
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Author
Series
Library of America volume 86
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English