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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780440418511
ISBN number: 0440418518
Label: Yearling
Manufacturer: Yearling
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 192
Printing Date: February 11, 2003
Publishing house: Yearling
Age index: Ages 9-12
Release Date: February 11, 2003
Sale Popularity Level: 35560
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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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This book is pretty good especially to those interested in pottery it has a good story and good characters and is definitely worth reading.Eragon (Inhertitance)
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My favorite part of this book is when Tree-ear must make a crucial choice between death and life. He chooses right and innumerable blessings come to his life and the lives of those he loves because of it. This is a well written book with a powerful message for both children and grown ups alike. Sometimes it seems everything is dashed to pieces. It may be some errand you are on, some thing you have responsibility for, it may be your life physically or spiritually, who knows what it could be. Tree-ear's choice to live is an excellent example of the most crucial kind of courage. Some people call this "coming to your own Gethsemane." Some turn away from this greater love and trade it for oblivion, while others walk the path to its source. Essentially he brings the broken piece of the vase to the Emperor's aide and, in a voice you can only hear with your heart, he says, "forgive the robbers, they knew not what they did."
This book is absolutely fantastic. Very worth owning and giving as a gift. I cannot praise it enough!
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If you are a teacher, from elementary to high school, you NEED to get this book. It is AMAZING.
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A Single Shard is an excellent book for young readers and is equally enjoyable for adults. I will use excerpts from this book when teaching my high school students about early Korean celadon firing. The characters are believable and likable, the story line is gripping and well written and sprinkled throuhgout the book is fabulous information about the making and firing of some of the finest pottery in history.
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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
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