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El aprendiz by Linda Sue Park

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ron_rayan's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring relaxing fast-paced

3.75

lovelyloro's review against another edition

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5.0

Absolutely incredible!

jenmangler's review against another edition

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4.0

This is the second book I've read in the past month or so that I've really loved, but going into it thought I wouldn't like at all. Both times, reviews and recommendations from readers I trust nudged me into the book despite my fear that I wouldn't like it. I need to remember this experience and learn to be more open-minded when it comes to book recommendations, because it would have been a real shame if I'd never read this beautiful book.

vasilisav's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective tense fast-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus? No

tball333's review against another edition

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hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

cdjdhj's review against another edition

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3.0

A young Korean orphan boy named Tree-ear watched a master potter in his village take a lump of clay and shape it into a thing of beauty. Tree-ear wants nothing more than to learn to create beauty in this way himself. Tree-ear wants to prove himself worthy of being taught by Min, the master potter, but first Tree-ear must prove himself worthy by helping with hard mundane tasks like chopping wood for the kiln and harvesting clay to be used in making the beautiful vases and pots.

This is an uplifting and positive story by award winning children's author, Linda Sue Park. It has a good message with some Korean and art history thrown in. This would be a good one for 5th-7th grade children.