The Corn Grows Ripe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780140363135)

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

Author: Dorothy Rhoads
ISBN-10: 0140363130
ISBN-13: 9780140363135
Publisher: Puffin Books
Language: English
Published: 06/01/1993
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.19lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.10w x 0.28d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 20303 / Corn Grows Ripe

Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book