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The Corn Grows Ripe
The Corn Grows Ripe
Author: Dorothy Rhoads
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 grandm...  more »
ISBN: 135418
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: 88
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Publisher: Puffin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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SusanofGreenGables avatar reviewed The Corn Grows Ripe on + 618 more book reviews
Used in Sonlight Core 3.
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Nice introduction to Mayan culture/lifestyle. Young boy takes on adult responsibilities after his father is injured. Some references to Mayan religious practices.
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Tigre, a twelve-year-old Mayan boy living in a modern-day village in Yucatâan, must learn to be a man when his father is injured.


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