A Single Shard Author: Linda Sue Park
	Book Information Publisher: Clarion Books Book Type: Hardcover Rating: 4 ISBN-13: 9780395978276 - ISBN-10: 0395978270 Publication Date: 4/23/2001 Pages: 160 Reading Level: Young Adult

Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Chulpo, a potters' village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potter's craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master potter Min at work, and he dreams of making a pot of his own someday. When Min takes Tree-ear on as his helper, Tree-ear is elated — until he finds obstacles in his path: the backbreaking labor of digging and hauling clay, Min"s irascible temper, and his own ignorance. But Tree-ear is determined to prove himself — even if it means taking a long, solitary journey on foot to present Min's work in the hope of a royal commission . . . even if it means arriving at the royal court with nothing to show but a single celadon shard.