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Violence
Some
Moderate
Language
Some
Moderate
Sexual Content
Some
Moderate
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong
What this book is about
The Joad family, displaced by the Dust Bowl and broken by poverty, makes the desperate journey from Oklahoma to California — only to find exploitation and suffering awaiting them there too.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Multiple deaths including a stillbirth
Labor violence
Controversial ending scene (nursing)
Devastating portrait of systemic poverty and exploitation
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