num_pages: 192
description: Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch’ulp’o, 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.
language: English
title: A Single Shard
titlecomplete: A Single Shard
characters: Min, Crane-man, Tree-ear, Ajima
genres: Fiction, Historical, Asia, Juvenile, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 39764
places: Ch’ulp’o, Korea
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Newbery Medal, name: جایزه ی نیوبری, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
category: Children and Young Adult Honor, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Yearling