The Corn Grows Ripe

When his father is badly injured in an accident a young Mayan boy called Tigrewonders who will plant and harvest the corn that they need to surviveand toplease ... » 

When his father is badly injured in an accident a young Mayan boy called Tigrewonders who will plant and harvest the corn that they need to surviveand toplease the Mayan gods. Twelveyearold Tigre has never done a mans workbefore. Now he will have to take his fathers place. A Newbery Honor Book. «