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The Corn Grows Ripe
The Corn Grows Ripe
Author: Dorothy Rhoads
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 they need to survive -- and to please the Mayan gods?
ISBN: 442223
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: 88
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Publisher: Puffin
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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