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A Single Shard 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Yearling Catalog: Book Release date: 2003-02-11 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 192 Ean: 9780440418511 Book Isbn: 0440418518 Reading level: Ages 9-12  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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| Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean potters’ village. When he accidentally breaks a pot, he must work for the master to pay for the damage by setting off on a difficult and dangerous journey that will change his life forever. |
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 Written on August 23, 2008 Summary: Not for a reluctant 10 year-old reader. My 10-year old daughter is a very reluctant reader, so when a list of books was assigned for summer reading, I picked the ones that either have been recognized by other people or have won awards. I have trusted "Newberry" medal for years, and it had never let me down. Until this time. The book was boring, monotonous, with words just flowing pass you without leavin an impression. In order to help my daughter to get through the book, we took turns reading chapters aloud. When it was my turn reading, I was literally falling asleep because for pages and pages nothigh was happening in the plot. I guess, that would make this book a great good night story, your child would have no trouble falling asleep, just be careful that you are still awake by the end of the chapter. We finished the book and searched the Internet for images of Korean pottery, because even by the end of it, we still had trouble picturing the artifacts described in there. With all those hunderds of words that filled page after page to talk about vases, we still could not understand how they looked like. A Single Shard  Written on July 20, 2008 Summary: WORST BOOK I'VE EVER READ!!! I was reading this for my summer reading log. It turned out to be really bad. Not only is it boring, but it drags on. Don't read this unless you are obsessed with pottery! Written on May 7, 2008 Summary: Simple and perfect. What an absolutely captivating story! I am somewhat familiar with stories from Japan or China, but I guess I am just oblivious to contemporary child-aimed Korean-inspired literature. What a horrible elementary school teacher I am. Anywho, I first heard about this book back in college in a children's lit class... but never bothered to read it until my little sister found it. She read it and recommended it to me. And thus I was captivated by its gorgeous simplicity that made a truly inspiring fable as well as a piece of historical fiction. The story follows the adventures of Tree-Ear, a young orphan who becomes the servant/apprentice of a master potter. Tree-Ear yearns to learn pottery, but his broken-hearted master refuses to teach. When Master Min is summoned to send samples of his work to the royal court, it is Tree-Ear's task to make the delivery. This is a beautiful, inspiring story that touches on love as well as art. It brought tears to my eyes. Written on April 9, 2008 Summary: Do not read this book!! A Single Shard Book Review In the book A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park, a young boy named Tree-ear lives with adopted father Crane-man, under a bridge. Later Tree-ear goes to work with a potter and has to travel a long distance. This book isn't really one of my favorites and I would not recommend it because it doesn't really have a climax or anything that is really interesting. Since this book is in Korea where there is clay there has to be some potters. And since Tree-ear is an orphan and didn't have anywhere to go (besides the monks) he had to have a father, which turned out to be Crane-man. Also when Tree-ear broke Min's pot (a wonderful potter) he had to pay for it by working for him but then decided to keep on working for him. When people really respect each other, most of the time they would do something thoughtful, like Tree-ear did for Min's wife. In the beginning of the book it was really boring and didn't really make any sense, but later it was kind of better. I think to improve this book the author could of used some humor through out the character and it would help people like it more. Also some of the characters were not really believable. Some of the were orphans that lived under a bridge with a crippled man with crutches. While I was reading this book I wasn't really interested on what was going to happen next. The reason why I was not interested was because there was no foreshadowing. As a conclusion I sincerely don't think people should read this book. Some of my reasons are that it's really boring, no humor, wasn't really connected to the characters or the plot and it didn't have any interesting words. Written on March 28, 2008 Summary: MY SIXTH GRADE BOOK REPORT A Single Shard is an adventurous historical fiction that leads one boy's life to an adventure so great he will remember it forever. The boy's name is Tree-Ear and he is an orphan that lives with a man named Crane-Man. The village was Ch'ulp'o, Korea during the twelfth-century. He is barley surviving on scrapes of food under a bridge. He gets curious and accidentally breaks a potter named Min's pot. Then Tree-Ear has to work for Min for nine days. Later on after his work is finished he will work more, hoping to become a potter like Min. An emperor's assistant comes in hope of finding a great potter like Min. There is another potter who is just as great as Min and he is Kang. The theme is Tree-Ear trying to become a potter. The conflict is Tree-Ear's quest to become a potter. I liked this novel because it shows how live was in the twelfth-century at Korea. This is a great book for people who think History is a great genre. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2003-02-11 | 2004-09-14 | 2006-12-26 | 2004-05-03 | 2002-09-10 | 1998-02-09 |
| Media | Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of pages | 192 | 272 | 272 | 320 | 192 | 144 |
| Ean | 9780440418511 | 9780553494105 | 9780689856402 | 9780786816583 | 9780440237686 | 9780440227533 |
| Book Isbn | 0440418518 | 0553494104 | 0689856407 | 0786816589 | 0440237688 | 0440227534 |
| Reading level | Ages 9-12 | Young Adult | Ages 9-12 | Ages 9-12 | Young Adult | Ages 9-12 |
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