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Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
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Pottery, Newbery Medal, Fiction, Orphans, Juvenile fiction, History, Boy orphans, Waisenkind, Twelve-year-old boys, Twelfth century, Voyages and travels, Jugendbuch, Villages, Keramiker, Soziale Rolle, Historical fiction, Freie Berufswahl, Ausbildung, Preteen boys, Potters, Children's fiction, Pottery, fiction, Korea, fiction, Large type books, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, study and teaching, Juvenile, award:Newbery_awardPlaces
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"Contains Linda Sue Park's 2002 Newberry Award acceptance speech"--Cover.
Newbery Medal, 2002.
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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. 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.
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