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Linda Sue Park

Forfatter af A Single Shard

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Linda Sue Park was born in Urbana, Illinois on March 25, 1960. She received a B.A. in English from Stanford University. After graduating, she worked as a public-relations writer for a major oil company for two years. She obtained advanced degrees in literature from Trinity College, Dublin in vis mere Ireland and from the University of London. Before becoming a full-time author, she held numerous jobs including working for an advertising agency, teaching English as a second language to college students, and working as a food journalist. Her first book, Seesaw Girl, was published in 1999. Her other books include The Kite Fighters, Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems), and A Single Shard, which won the 2002 Newbery Medal. She also wrote Storm Warning, which is the ninth book in the 39 Clues series. Her title A Long Walk to Water made the New York Times bestseller list. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: Linda Sue Park gives a presentaiton on the Children's Green Stage at the National Book Festival, August 31, 2019. Photo by David Rice/Library of Congress. By Library of Congress Life - 20190831DR0213.jpg, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82899176

Serier

Værker af Linda Sue Park

A Single Shard (2001) 4,857 eksemplarer
Storm Warning (2010) 1,558 eksemplarer
When My Name Was Keoko (2002) 1,273 eksemplarer
The Kite Fighters (2000) 1,048 eksemplarer
Project Mulberry (2005) 858 eksemplarer
Bee-Bim Bop! (2008) 841 eksemplarer
Trust No-One (2012) 470 eksemplarer
Seesaw Girl (1999) 463 eksemplarer
Prairie Lotus (2020) 444 eksemplarer
Keeping Score (2008) 386 eksemplarer
The Firekeeper's Son (1900) 313 eksemplarer
Archer's Quest (2006) 278 eksemplarer
Tap Dancing on the Roof (2007) 233 eksemplarer
Forest of Wonders (2016) 213 eksemplarer
Xander's Panda Party (2013) 213 eksemplarer
The Third Gift (2011) 161 eksemplarer
The One Thing You'd Save (2021) 140 eksemplarer
Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time (2019) 109 eksemplarer
Yaks Yak: Animal Word Pairs (2016) 100 eksemplarer
Mung-Mung (2004) 65 eksemplarer
Cavern of Secrets (2017) 61 eksemplarer
Gondra's Treasure (2019) 40 eksemplarer
Beast of Stone (2018) 37 eksemplarer
Bee-bim Bop! Board Book (2023) 5 eksemplarer
Fleur de Jade (2004) 4 eksemplarer
Stormvarning (2010) 1 eksemplar
Live to Tell 1 eksemplar
Manh Gom Vo 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

Click (2007) — Bidragyder — 456 eksemplarer
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (2008) — Bidragyder — 342 eksemplarer
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All (2018) — Bidragyder — 312 eksemplarer
The Creativity Project: An Awesometastic Story Collection (2018) — Bidragyder — 96 eksemplarer
The Hero Next Door (2019) — Bidragyder — 86 eksemplarer
You Are Here: Connecting Flights (2023) — Bidragyder — 66 eksemplarer
The Exquisite Corpse Adventure (2011) — Bidragyder — 61 eksemplarer
Totally Middle School: Tales of Friends, Family, and Fitting In (2018) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
Period Pieces: Stories for Girls (2003) — Bidragyder — 15 eksemplarer

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Afrika (175) Anden Verdenskrig (168) Asien (153) billedbog (267) børn (120) børnelitteratur (186) børnelitteratur (134) chapter book (136) digte (102) eventyr (148) faglitteratur (93) familie (307) Fantasy (124) historie (225) historisk (98) historisk fiktion (945) Japan (115) juvenile (86) Korea (787) Korean (159) krig (174) kultur (84) mad (93) middle grade (100) multikulturel (244) mysterium (134) Newbery (150) Newbery Medal (179) noveller (146) overlevelse (86) pottery (202) realistisk fiktion (164) refugees (100) Skal læses (457) skønlitteratur (825) Sudan (186) ungdomslitteratur (85) venskab (134) YA (173) Young Adult (207)

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(M62'12) A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park i World Reading Circle (september 2012)

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Salva Dut is 11 years old when war raging in the Sudan separates him from his family. To avoid the conflict, he walks for years with other refugees, seeking sanctuary and scarce food and water. Park simply yet convincingly depicts the chaos of war and an unforgiving landscape as they expose Salva to cruelties both natural and man-made. The lessons Salva remembers from his family keep him from despair during harsh times in refugee camps and enable him, as a young man, to begin a new life in America. As Salva’s story unfolds, readers also learn about another Sudanese youth, Nya, and how these two stories connect contributes to the satisfying conclusion. This story is told as fiction, but it is based on real-life experiences of one of the “Lost Boys” of the Sudan. Salva and Nya’s compelling voices lift their narrative out of the “issue” of the Sudanese War, and only occasionally does the explanation of necessary context intrude in the storytelling. Salva’s heroism and the truth that water is a source of both conflict and reconciliation receive equal, crystal-clear emphasis in this heartfelt account. (Fiction. 10-14)

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CDJLibrary | 154 andre anmeldelser | Mar 15, 2024 |
Another newberry winner and justifiably so. I enjoyed the plot and characters and what I learned about ancient Korea and pottery. I was somewhat upset at the ending… will leave it at that as don’t want to do spoiler.
 
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cspiwak | 148 andre anmeldelser | Mar 6, 2024 |
My 12 year old son gives this his highest recommendation. “I really like historical fiction and learning about other places, and stories of people trying to survive, and this has both and is really good!”
 
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lelandleslie | 154 andre anmeldelser | Feb 24, 2024 |

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Værker
38
Also by
12
Medlemmer
18,125
Popularitet
#1,217
Vurdering
4.0
Anmeldelser
921
ISBN
349
Sprog
13
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