num_pages: 88
description: A Newbery Honor BookCan 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
language: English
title: The Corn Grows Ripe
titlecomplete: The Corn Grows Ripe (Puffin Newbery Library)
genres: Fiction, Historical, Family, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, American History, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 1052
places: Central America, Rome, Mexico
awards: awardedAt: -410198400000
name: Newbery Medal
publisher: Puffin Books