Corn Grows Ripe

<b>A Newbery Honor Book</b> <p/> Can Tigre find the strength and courage to support his family? <p/> 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? <p/> A book of special artistic distinction with its well-told story rich in Mayan folkway and custom and its boldly appropriate drawings.--<i>The Horn Book</i>