The Corn Grows Ripe

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 judgment in this book, no feeling that the people in the story were savages or ignorant. Instead, the story was told from the point of view of a detached observer. The story holds up. Newbery Honor.