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The Corn Grows Ripe

Puffin Newbery library

by Dorothy Rhoads

Synopsis

When his father is badly injured in an accident, a young Mayan boy called Tigre wonders who will plant and harvest the corn that they need to survive--and to please the Mayan gods. Twelve-year-old Tigre has never done a man's work before. Now he will have to take his father's place. A Newbery Honor Book.

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Book Information

Copyright year 1993
ISBN-13 9780140363135
ISBN-10 0140363130
Class Copyright
Publisher Puffin Books
Subject FICTION;JUVENILE FICTION
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 88
Shelf No. GF557
Grade Range 0 - 3
Ages 5 - 8
Lexile 750L