The Corn Grows Ripe (Newbery Library, Puffin)

Rhoads, Dorothy

ISBN 10: 0140363130 / ISBN 13: 9780140363135

Published by Penguin Young Readers Group, 1993

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Corn Grows Ripe (Newbery Library, Puffin)
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140363130
• ISBN 13: 9780140363135
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Jean Charlot
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 110 grams

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Synopsis

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 grandmother cannot do it on their own. Twelve-year-old Tigre has never done a man’s work before. Can he shoulder the burden on his own, and take his father’s place?  
 
“A book of special artistic distinction, with its well-told story rich in Mayan folkway and custom and its boldly appropriate drawings.”—The Horn Book

About the Author

Dorothy Rhoads is the author of The Corn Grows Ripe, a Newbery Honor book.