Middle Grade Thursday is a weekly celebration of middle grade books sponsored by Book Craic . To participate:
- Post a picture of the front cover of a middle-grade book which you have read and would recommend to others with details of the author, illustrator and publisher.
- Open the book to page 11 and share your favorite sentence.
- Write three words to describe the book.
- Either share why you would recommend this book, or link to your review.
Title: A Single Shard
Author: Linda Sue Park
Illustrators: Jean and Mou-sien Tseng
Publisher: Clarion Books
My favorite sentence from page 11:
“Using his foot to spin the base of the wheel, he placed dampened hands on the sluggardly lump, and for the hundredth time, Tree-hear watched the miracle.”
Linda Sue Park
Three words to describe the book:
educational, inspirational, historical
My recommendation:
Everything Linda Sue Park writes is golden. I love A Single Shard because it has a positive message about perseverance. The book is set in 12th century Korea where orphan, Tree-Ear, ends up working for a master potter in order to pay off a debt. When he is sent to the King’s Court, his life is changed forever. Park’s meticulous research shines through transporting the reader to an often-ignored time and place.
Thank you for the recommendation. I’ll definitely add this to my TBR.