Susan Shillinglaw
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Tells a story about the strange relationship of two migrant workers, who are able to realize their dreams of an easy life until one of them succumbs to his weakness for soft, helpless creatures and strangles the farmer's wife. Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him. With illustrations from the movie starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.