Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2006 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
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Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a twelfth-century Korean potters' village. For a long time he is content to live with Crane-man under a bridge, barely surviving on scraps of food. All of that changes when Tree-ear sees master potter Min making his beautiful pottery. Tree-ear sneaks into Min's workplace and dreams of creating his own pots someday. When he accidentally breaks a pot, he must work for the master to pay for the damage. Though the work is long and hard, Tree-ear is eager to learn. Then he is sent to the King's Court to show the master's pottery. Little does Tree-ear know that this difficult and dangerous journey will change his life forever.
Awards
Young Reader's Choice Award
2004 · Intermediate/Grades 7-9 · Winner
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
2003 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2003 · Children's · Nominee
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2003 · Children's Book · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2003 · Young Adult · Nominee
Newbery Medal
2002 · Children's · Winner
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