A SINGLE SHARD by Linda Sue Park

Linda Sue Park signed my copy of her 2002 Newbery Medal winning book at a book conference '08. I enjoyed being transported to a twelfth century Korean village. The realistic suspense the author brings to events in the Tree-ear's life had me worrying for the orphan more than once. This is a good book for MG teachers to share with their students.

A year later, I sat in a break-out session at the SCBWI Summer Conference (taught by Richard Peck) with Linda, Lisa Yee, and Jay Asher and, once again, I was honored to be near such writing talent.