A Single Shard

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park is a Newbery Medal winner.  It is about Tree-ear, an orphan in 12th century Korea who lives under a bridge with his guardian, Crane-man.  Tree-ear loves to watch Min, a town potter, create his beautiful work.  Soon, Tree-ear finds himself as Min's apprentice and then on a journey to bring Min's finest work to the city in hopes that Min can be assigned a royal commission.

This was a really good book.  It took me a bit to get into it, but then it was a really nice story with beautiful language and great character relationships.  It was a simple book but a good one.

Rating: * * (2/3 = Liked it)