![]() ![]() ![]() Tree-ear’s life takes an unexpected turn one day when he pauses to watch a master potter named Min at work in his yard. Despite their poverty, they have an optimistic attitude and a strong family bond. Tree-ear and Crane-man survive by foraging for food in the forest and scavenging scraps from the trash heaps of the village’s residents. For his part, Crane-man was born with a twisted foot and calf that require him to walk with a crutch and stand on one leg like a crane. Tree-ear is named after a mushroom that grows on the trunks of trees without any parent seed-a fitting name for an orphan. A Single Shard won a Newbery Medal in 2002 and received an honorable mention for the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in the same year.Īll page citations in this guide are based on the Kindle edition of the novel.Ī 12-year-old orphan named Tree-ear lives under a bridge with an old man named Crane-man. ![]() It describes a year in the life of Tree-ear, an adolescent in 12th-century Korea, whose dreams of becoming a master celadon potter lead him on a dangerous journey to the royal court in the city of Songdo. A Single Shard is intended for readers in grades 5 to 7, though the novel can be appreciated and enjoyed by adults as well. ![]()
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