Linda Sue Park

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Linda Sue Park
A Single Shard

• Project by Wesley

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Characters

• The main character is Tree-Ear. He is a teenager.
  The book does not say how he is.
• He is a cheerful thoughtful person.
• Other characters are, Craneman, Min, and Mins
  wife. Craneman is Tree-Ears good friend. Min is
  Tree-Ears boss, and Mins wife feeds Tree-Ear
  everyday.

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Setting

• The setting is in Japan, Chulpo.
• Mins work shop is where characters interact.

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Tone or Mood

• Tree-ears mood is always good. Once he acted
  scared, but thats only because he was accused of
  stealing.
• Every day Tree-ear walks to work every day with a
  happy face. He enjoys working for Min and he
  knows what to expect.

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Plot Begining

• Tree-ear breaks Mins work
• Tree-ear works for Min for 9 weeks as punishment
  for breaking Mins work.
• Craneman becomes homeless.
• Tree-ear feeds Craneman the food he gets at work.

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Plot Middle

• Craneman gets a home.
• Craneman loses his home again and started living
  under a bridge.
• Mins has a breakdown about his work
• The embassy isnt pleased with Mins work and so
  they leave.

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Ending Plot

• Tree-ear gets robed my thieves.
• They break his pottery.
• Tree-ear finds his masters work.
• He fixes the shards are turns the work in.

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Awards

• A Single Shard has won the John Newberry Meddle
  Award. The book was copywritted in 2001 so I
  think it won the award in 2001.

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Recomendation

• I thought the book was in the middle. I would
  recommend this book to people who like books
  about life, not action. This book is probably for
  fourth grade through seventh grade.