The Corn Grows Ripe (Puffin Newbery Library)
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A Newbery Honor Book
Can Tigre find the strength and courage to support his family?
When Tigre’s father is badly injured in an accident, the family is thrown into turmoil. Who will plant and harvest the corn that they need to survive—and to please the Mayan gods? The neighbors have fields of their own to tend, and Tigre’s mother and grandmother cannot do it on their own. Twelve-year-old Tigre has never done a man’s work before. Can he shoulder the burden on his own, and take his father’s place?
“A book of special artistic distinction, with its well-told story rich in Mayan folkway and custom and its boldly appropriate drawings.”—The Horn Book
Can Tigre find the strength and courage to support his family?
When Tigre’s father is badly injured in an accident, the family is thrown into turmoil. Who will plant and harvest the corn that they need to survive—and to please the Mayan gods? The neighbors have fields of their own to tend, and Tigre’s mother and grandmother cannot do it on their own. Twelve-year-old Tigre has never done a man’s work before. Can he shoulder the burden on his own, and take his father’s place?
“A book of special artistic distinction, with its well-told story rich in Mayan folkway and custom and its boldly appropriate drawings.”—The Horn Book
ISBN: 0140363130
ISBN13: 9780140363135
Publisher: Puffin Books
Language: en
Publish Date: 1993-06-01
Book Edition: 1
Pages: 96
Dimensions: Length: 5.13 inches,width: 0.31 inches,height: 7.81 inches, weight: 0.18077905484 pounds
Authors: Dorothy Rhoads
Binding: Paperback
Subjects: Children's Books, Growing Up & Facts of Life, Family Life, Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Geography & Cultures, Explore the World, Where We Live, Reference, English as a Second Language, Self Service, Custom Stores
