A Single Shard illustrates that how the determination of one boy to follow his dreams can change his life forever. Tree-ear, orphaned and living under a bridge evolves to a helper for potter Min after he breaks a clay box to being Min’s adopted son and apprentice after overcoming adversity on his journey to Songdo, Korea that leaves only a shard of Min’s work to show in hopes of royal commission.
In her four novels for juvenile and young adult readers, Linda Sue Park introduces a Korea of many eras. Winner of the 2002 John Newbery Medal, with A Single Shard, Park convincingly brings to life tw...
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"A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park is about an orphan named Tree-ear who lives with Crane-Man, an old, homeless widower who took Tree-ear in when an epidemic raged through the monasteries', who could ...
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Linda Sue Park
