The Corn Grows Ripe
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · June 1, 1993
A Newbery Honor Book Can Tigre find the strength and courage to support his family?
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- Family, work, and Mayan custom meet in a story about a child facing adult responsibility.
- Themes
- Family responsibility, Mayan customs and traditions, Courage
- Genres
- Historical Fiction, Farm & Ranch Life, Stories Set in Mexico
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.
The Dragon Slayer: Folktales From Latin AmericaJaime Hernandez53% match
Last Stop on Market StreetMatt de la Peña51% match
When Turtles Grew FeathersTim Tingle51% match
LolaKarla Arenas Valenti52% match
Run, Little Chaski!Mariana Llanos52% match
ReplaySharon Creech50% match
The Wrong Way HomeKate O'Shaughnessy49% match
For older readers: The Bitter Side of Sweet, Where the Lilies Bloom, The King's Fifth
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
A Newbery Honor Book Can 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.
Continue reading
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
Work and Belonging
Family, work, and Mayan custom meet in a story about a child facing adult responsibility.
Come here for
- A child’s first encounter with work his family cannot postpone
- A story attentive to Mayan folkways and family strain
Expect
- Harvest, duty, and belief shaping one family’s stakes
- A young protagonist asked to take his father’s place
Where it sits
| Historical Fiction | 51% |
|---|---|
| Stories Set in Mexico | 21% |
| Farm & Ranch Life | 18% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Ancient Civilizations
- Farm & Ranch Life
- Stories Set in Mexico
- Authors
- Dorothy Rhoads
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- June 1, 1993
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Family responsibility · Mayan customs and traditions · Courage
- Reading lane
- Ancient Civilizations