Showing The Corn Grows Ripe (Puffin Newbery Library) by Dorothy Rhoads
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The Corn Grows Ripe 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. Full description