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A Single Shard

by Linda Sue Park

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ISBN13: 9780395978276
ISBN10: 0395978270
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Winner of the 2002 Newbery Medal

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Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Chulpo, a potters village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potters craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master potter Min at work, and he dreams of making a pot of his own someday. When Min takes Tree-ear on as his helper, Tree-ear is elated — until he finds obstacles in his path: the backbreaking labor of digging and hauling clay, Mins irascible temper, and his own ignorance. But Tree-ear is determined to prove himself — even if it means taking a long, solitary journey on foot to present Mins work in the hope of a royal commission . . . even if it means arriving at the royal court with nothing to show but a single celadon shard.

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'Linda Sue Park is the Newbery Medal-winning author of A SINGLE SHARD. Her other books for Clarion include the novels SEESAW GIRL, THE KITE FIGHTERS, WHEN MY NAME WAS KEOKO, and PROJECT MULBERRY, as well as three picture books, BEE-BIM BOP!, THE FIREKEEPER\'S SON, and WHAT DOES BUNNY SEE? Ms. Park lives with her family in Rochester, New York.'

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: whitney.m.newton, September 24, 2011 (view all comments by whitney.m.newton)
This book is by far one of my favorites. I was able to relate to it so much. Tree-ear's struggles showed me that mine were nothing. He had no parents and I at leadt had a mother who loved even if my first two fathers were abusive. This book taught me that I shouldn't regret it or wish to change it because I now realize that what I went theough made me a stronger and more determined person. When Tree-ear took that one little shard to the royal commission it showed me that even the smallest things have the greatest meanings and the greatest rewards, no matter how much work it takes to achieve it. This book was an inspiration to me to not be like my first two fathers and to make my life what I wanted it to be and to work my hardest. Now I'm in an early college program and ranked 7th in my class and when I graduate in three years (I go to school for five years instead of four and graduate with my diploma and associates degree) I'll know that I'm a champion because I didn't let what happened to me hold me back I used it to move forward and drive myself to success. Thanks to this book I realized that I have a blank canvas and a entire array of paints to create my life from and do what a lot of people never thought I would do and acheive my dreams.
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: jeffreylin0510, February 23, 2011 (view all comments by jeffreylin0510)
I think that this is a very interesting story and should be read by all.
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: WhoahBabyx0, June 6, 2006 (view all comments by WhoahBabyx0)
I think that it was a pretty good book and it doesn't really get you that bored. So i recommend it to everyone that would ever consider reading this book. Me personally i hate reading and I chose to read this book first and im in the 7th grade so yea. This was pretty good =]
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ISBN:: 9780395978276
Author:: Park, Linda Sue
Publisher:: Clarion Books
Location:: New York
Subject:: History
Subject:: Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General
Subject:: Social Situations - General
Subject:: Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
Subject:: Korea
Subject:: Pottery
Subject:: General Juvenile Fiction
Subject:: Social Issues - General
Subject:: Korea History Koryæo period, 935-1392.
Subject:: Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction-General
Subject:: Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction
Edition Description:: Trade Cloth
Series Volume:: 106-117
Publication Date:: April 2001
Binding:: Hardback
Grade Level:: from 5 to 9
Language:: English
Pages:: 160
Dimensions:: 8.52x5.72x.69 in. .76 lbs.
Age Level:: 10-14

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