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The Corn Grows Ripe
The Corn Grows Ripe
Author: Dorothy Rhoads
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.
ISBN-13: 9780670241675
ISBN-10: 0670241679
Publication Date: 3/29/1956
Pages: 88
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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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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