Linda Sue Park’s A Single Shard is an award winning novel. It is set in twelfth-century Korea and narrates the story of a twelve year old boy named Tree-ear, an orphan who lives under a scaffold in Ch ̍ulp ̍o with Crane-man, a physically disabled potter. Tree-ear rummages for nourishment more often than not, yet after a full supper, Tree-ear wants to watch the potter, Min, create his pottery. One day, when nobody was near, Tree-ear slinks into Potter Min's home for a more critical take a gander at his alluring manifestations.
There are numerous items, yet one article especially interests Tree-ear: a rectangular, lidded box. It is undecorated outwardly, however Tree-ear speculates that within was progressively breathtaking. Out of inquisitiveness, Tree-ear chooses to peer inside the box and discovers five smaller boxes. They fit superbly around one another. Potter Min yells when he discovers Tree-ear, who drops the box in dismay, harming the sensitive, painted box. To reimburse the potter, Tree-ear at that point offers to labor for nine days, as the crate took three days to create. Min allocates Tree-ear to gather wood for his nine days of work.
Tree-ear is disheartened, for he subtly needs to get apprenticed to Min and make a rich prunus container. When his work days are finished, Tree-ear offers to work for the potter for nothing in anticipation of getting the opportunity to make his own pot. Tree-ear is allotted different assignments however never gets the opportunity to make his very own pot. Tree-ear in the end knows that Min will not teach him how to create a pot, because of the custom of a potter teaching his child. Min's son died numerous years prior. One day, a majestic emissary named Kim lands to contract a potter for another commission for the palace. While watching different potters in the town, Tree-ear learns of a recently made improving strategy and must choose on the off chance that it is moral to uncover the stolen information to Min. He chooses not to, however Min gets an opportunity to exhibit that he can make use of the new trim strategy and sends Tree-ear to the sovereign with tests of his best work.
On the long voyage to Songdo, Tree Ear goes through the bustling town of Puyo. The boy is assaulted by burglars at the Rock of Falling Flowers, and the entireties of the pots are crushed, leaving him with only a single shard to show his lord's aptitude. He proceeds with his voyage, sure that the shard shows that his lord is deserving of the commission.
The assistant of emissary is going to toss Tree-ear out when Kim assesses the shard. Kim sends Tree-ear back by means of ocean. Tree-ear goes to his lord to advise him that Kim, the emissary, prefers his work and has allotted him a regal commission. Tragically, in the wake of sharing the news, Tree-ear gains from Min that Crane-man died of a heart attack in freezing waters. Min chooses to embrace Tree-ear and his wife changes his name to Hyung-pil, his dead child's name was Hyung-gu and Tree-ear's new name shares a syllable, as Korean kin's names normally do.
Min at long last consents to show Tree-ear in the craft of pottery and Tree-ear, energized and decided, turns into his devoted apprentice. Tree-ear is additionally optimistic since he at last has a genuine family that adores him and takes care of him.
