The Firekeeper's Son (Irma S and James H Black Honor for Excellence in Children's Literature (Awards)) Author: Linda Sue Park
	Book Information Publisher: Clarion Books Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 5 Rating: 1 ISBN-13: 9780618133376 - ISBN-10: 0618133372 Publication Date: 3/22/2004 Pages: 40 Reading Level: Ages 4-8

In Korea in the early 1800s, news from the countryside reached the king by means of signal fires. On one mountaintop after another, a fire was lit when all was well. If the king did not see a fire, that meant trouble, and he would send out his army.
Linda Sue Park's first picture book for Clarion is about Sang-hee, son of the village firekeeper. When his father is unable to light the fire one night, young Sang-hee must take his place. Sang-hee knows how important it is for the fire to be lit-but he wishes that he could see soldiers . . . just once.
Mountains, firelight and shadow, and Sunhee's struggle with a hard choice are rendered in radiant paintings, which tell their own story of a turning point in a child's life. Afterword.