Akron Public Library

The last thing they expect to come across is a giant, abandoned corn maze. But with a whole day of playing hooky unspooling before them, they make their second mistake. Or perhaps their third? Maybe even their fourth. Because Sadie and Logan have definitely entered this maze before. And again before that. They quickly realize they've not only entered this maze before, they've died in it too. A lot.

Two children watch a local farmer grow a crop of corn and as the corn develops--from seed to harvest time--so does the friendship between the children and the farmer.

A farmer uses his tractor to prepare the soil, plant seeds, harvest corn, and haul it away to be sold. Depicts the machinery which the tractor pulls: the manure spreader, the plow, the disc, the harrow, the planter, the picker, and the cultivator.

Guided by a blue hummingbird, Jade brings an offering to the Mountain Spirit who lives near her village in Mexico, and asks if he will send rain to end the drought that threatens the people. Includes information about the legend on which this story is based and facts about corn.