The Corn Grows Ripe (Puffin Newbery Library)
By Dorothy Rhoads.
Description
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. - from Amzon
ISBN(s)
0140363130, 9780140363135
