Rising Voices: Writings Of Young Native Americans Tradebook

To bring rain to his thirsty village, Pik challenges the rain god to a game of pok-a-tok.  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.