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    <body><![CDATA[What a beautiful book. It is far more accessible than I had imagined knowing only that it was set in twelfth-century Korea and that the main character is called Tree-ear. But it could be thought of as a coming-of-age novel, as it tells a timeless story about taking a journey. The writing is lyrical ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39336362">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Summary:  This novel tells the story of Tree Ear, a young orphan in 12th century Korea.  Tree Ear goes to work for the master potter, Min, and he learns the craft of pottery making as he finds new family and a new place in his village.<br/><br/>Response:  I have never read a book set in Korea, and I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44041785">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An unusual story and uncommon setting mixed with a strong protagonist makes A Single Shard a high-quality work of historical fiction written by Linda Sue Park.  Set in  Korea during the 12th century, a homeless boy’s life gains meaning as he works for a potter and eventually finds a calling and a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2836655">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a 2002 Newberry Medal Award Winner in Juvenile fiction. It is a story of a 10-year old, homeless orphan named Tree-ear in 12th century Korea. He lives under a bridge with another homeless man, Crane-man, who has taken care of him for years. They struggle to eat and stay warm but this 10-year...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10560185">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a good read, a wholesome read!  It was clean, uplifting and enjoyable.  I really liked the story, including some of the &quot;wisdom of life&quot; comments and discussions that occur between Craneman  and Tree Ear.  I also appreciated the extra information and notes that the author included...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49517167">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't understand how this won a Newbery award. The plot and characterization were mechanical and simplistic.  You could see the ending a mile away -- sure, it's a kid's book, but I haven't found clunky obviousness to be the norm with high-quality children's fiction.  It felt like the kind of multi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46649152">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Would you be drawn to a book about the making of Celadon pottery?  No?  Well, how about a book about a poor youngster with no future in 12th century Korea?  Still no?  I invite you to think again, because that is exactly what this Newbery award winning book is about--but it is so much more than that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75795007">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Grade Level: 4-6<br/><br/>This is a beautiful tale, set in 12-century Korea, about an orphan boy named Tree-ear, and his quest to learn the pottery trade.  As Tree-ear scavenges for food in the rummage piles of his village, he becomes entranced by the work of an old potter named Min.  When he dare...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72546146">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My children have a theory about book awards.  They think they're only given to books where characters important to the hero/heroine die.  To them, that little gold circle is a warning lable.<br/><br/>They have a point.<br/><br/>Still, I liked this book a lot.  (Although it makes me angry when bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71378936">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean potters’ village. For a long time he is content living with Crane-man under a bridge barely surviving on scraps of food. All that changes when he sees master potter Min making his beautiful pottery. Tree-ear sneaks back to Min’s workplace and dreams of creating his own pots someday. When he accidentally breaks a pot, he must work for the master to pay for the damage. Though the work is long and hard, Tree-ear is eager to learn. Then he is sent to the King’s Court to show the master’s pottery. Little does Tree-ear know that this difficult and dangerous journey will change his life forever. ]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this a couple of years ago at the urging of some of my students. It was a magnificent read, all the more so because it had been students who encouraged me to read it.<br/><br/>It was even better this time. That is one of the marks of an outstanding book for me, a book that bears up under th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64820956">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A young orphan boy in 12th-Century Korea becomes apprentice to a master potter.  It doesn't sound very exciting, but it's a quick read, interesting and well-written.  As a young adult book (winning the Newbery medal), it doesn't have as much depth as I would have liked, but I liked the development o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15592563">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean potters’ village. For a long time he is content living with Crane-man under a bridge barely surviving on scraps of food. All that changes when he sees master potter Min making his beautiful pottery. Tree-ear sneaks back to Min’s workplace and dreams of creating his own pots someday. When he accidentally breaks a pot, he must work for the master to pay for the damage. Though the work is long and hard, Tree-ear is eager to learn. Then he is sent to the King’s Court to show the master’s pottery. Little does Tree-ear know that this difficult and dangerous journey will change his life forever. ]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[  &quot;Scholars read the great words of the world. But you and I must learn to read the world itself.&quot;<br/><br/>   —Crane-man, &quot;A Single Shard&quot;, P. 7<br/><br/>  &quot;My friend, the same wind that blows one door shut often blows another open.&quot; <br/><br/>   —Crane-man, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53427691">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely one of my TOP FIVE favorite books. I am Korean by heritage and adopted so this was a wonderful book for me. My husband heard about it on NPR and bought it for my birthday. Charming story about a master potter and his apprentice. Incredibly descriptive and so sensitively written.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is set in 12-century Korea, in the early times when cranes, sculptures, pottery and other forms of art were the main attraction.  A ten year old orphan named Tree- Ear was living in this time and loved the idea of pottery but he was an orphan that unfortunately had no access to doing what ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42896565">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a lovely and mostly gentle book about an orphaned Korean boy, his 'family' bonds, and his determination to learn how to throw a pot from his village's best potter.  An interest in art or ceramics will make this reading even more enriching.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I once decided I wanted to read all the Newbery award-winning books for some reason, but I'm working very lazily toward that goal. I did read two last week though, and this one was a lot better than I expected. I didn't think a read about twelfth-century Korea could be so absorbing, but I was comple...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61454314">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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