His jobs are to cut wood and put it into the pottery kiln, cut clay from the riverbanks for the potter Min to make into clay, and drain clay to make it finer. To pay for his mistake, Tree-ear offers to work for Min for nine days in order to pay for the box, which then turns into eighteen months. When Min comes out and startles Tree-ear, he drops and breaks a box. One day Tree-ear goes into Min's yard and investigates the work that he was drying in the sun. Tree-ear is fascinated with the nearby potters in his village, especially Min, and often watches them work. Tree-ear is an orphan who lives under a bridge with Crane-man, a physically disabled man who took him in when Tree-ear was only a small child. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.A Single Shard is a novel published in 2001, awarded for excellence in children's literature, by Linda Sue Park, set in 12th-century Korea. He's read tons of audio books, including Merrick by Ann Rice for Random House Audio. Graeme Malcolm currently has a featured part in the Broadway musical, Aida. even if it means arriving at the royal court with nothing to show but a single celadon shard.

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.

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.

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. Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch'ulp'o, a potters' village famed for delicate celadon ware.

A single shard by linda sue park