A review by cdjdhj
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

3.0

A young Korean orphan boy named Tree-ear watched a master potter in his village take a lump of clay and shape it into a thing of beauty. Tree-ear wants nothing more than to learn to create beauty in this way himself. Tree-ear wants to prove himself worthy of being taught by Min, the master potter, but first Tree-ear must prove himself worthy by helping with hard mundane tasks like chopping wood for the kiln and harvesting clay to be used in making the beautiful vases and pots.

This is an uplifting and positive story by award winning children's author, Linda Sue Park. It has a good message with some Korean and art history thrown in. This would be a good one for 5th-7th grade children.