A Single Shard (Newbery Medal Book)

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Genre: Koryo period, 935-1392; Social Issues - General; Juvenile Fiction; Family - Orphans and Foster Homes; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction; Pottery; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9); Koryæo period, 935-1392; Korea; Juvenile Fiction / General; Classics; Fiction; History; Koryæo period, 935-1392;

Average Review: 4.5 stars

Review: The best book I read this summer. : Linda Sue Park took me to a world with which I was totally unfamiliar, 12th century Korea. The story of Tree-ear, an orphan boy, being raised under a bridge by Crane-man is wonderful. Crane-man has a crippled leg and when his family died and he lost his home, he was forced to take up residence under a bridge. Crane-man teaches Tree-ear to survive in the world in which he lives by learning to read the world around him. Tree-ear is enthralled by the work of Master Potter Min. One day as he is admiring Min's work, he breaks a piece of pottery. Master Min requires nine days work to repay the loss. The nine days turn into a permanent position doing the heavy labor which has become difficult for Master Min. Tree-ear is ever hopeful that Min will teach him to become a potter. On his journey to the capitol city it is Crane-man's lessons that he remembers. Read the book and see what service Tree-ear performs that changes his life and the lives of those he has come to love.