The Corn Grows Ripe (Hardcover)

from Eric420blaze

This book is about a little boy named Tigre, Tigre is from a modern mayan family with a lot of problems.

from MASON545

Tigre was first a lazy boy then he worked liked a man

from DarlenesBookNook

I read this book with my children, which is a Newbery Honor Book. The story takes place in a Mayan village in the Yucatan. Dionisio is a young 12-year old boy. His nickname, Tigre, which means jaguar, suits him because he is "spirited and mischievous and curious...and lazy too." A tree falls on T...

from debnance

Tigre's father is hurt. It is to Tigre that the Mayan family must look to take over the father's work. Tigre rises to the occasion and successfully helps the family to put in a good corn crop, though a severe drought threatened the family's crop and their survival. There was no feeling of judgmen...

from electrascaife

When his father breaks a leg clearing the bush for their yearly corn plot, a young boy in the Yucatan must take over the job, and then plant and tend the corn. A coming-of-age story with a verb basic introduction to the culture. I did enjoy the tensions hinted at between belief in the old gods an...