- Pottery, Newbery Medal, Fiction, Orphans
In this Newbery Medal-winning book set in 12th century Korea, Tree-ear, a 13-year-old 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.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and intimate.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Linda Sue Park
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 152
- Publisher
- Sandpiper, Listening Library (Audio), Beyaz Balina Yayinlari
- Editions
- 27
- Language
- Korean, English, tur, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9789759997212
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On Open Library, 15 have read it and 140 want to.
“"Eh, Tree-ear! Have you hungered well today?" Craneman called out as Tree-ear drew near the bridge.”
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