A unique artist again creates a substantial original tale based on
folkloric traditions, meticulously explained in an extensive note.
This time the setting is Mayan; the protagonist is Pik, a boy who
challenges his culture's fatalism in a ballplaying competition with
Chac, the rain god, thus bringing relief to his drought-stricken
village. Like the memorable contest in Wisniewski's The Warrior and
the Wise Man (1989), Pik's is monumentally heroic and made even
more dramatic in the artist's spectacular three-dimensional
collages. A strong adventure that will appeal to a broad age range.
(Kirkus Reviews)
The ancient Mayan belief that the future was divinely decreed and could not be changed is the basis for this original tale of a boy who must defeat the Rain God in a ball game to save his people from disaster. Mayan art and architecture were the inspiration for the spectacular cut-paper artwork.
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