The Corn Grows Ripe (Puffin Newbery Library)

The Corn Grows Ripe (Puffin Newbery Library)

<b>A Newbery Honor Book</b><br>  <br> Can Tigre find the strength and courage to support his family?<br>  <br> 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?  <br>  <br> €œA book of special artistic distinction, with its well-told story rich in Mayan folkway and custom and its boldly appropriate drawings.€€"<i>The Horn Book</i>