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The firekeeper's son

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In Korea in the early 1800s, news from the countryside reached the king by means of signal fires. On one mountaintop after another, a fire was lit when all was well. If the king did not see a fire, that meant trouble, and he would send out his army. Linda Sue Park's first picture book for Clarion is about Sang-hee, son of the village firekeeper. When his father is unable to light the fire one night, young Sang-hee must take his place. Sang-hee knows how important it is for the fire to be lit-but he wishes that he could see soldiers . . . just once.

Mountains, firelight and shadow, and Sunhee's struggle with a hard choice are rendered in radiant paintings, which tell their own story of a turning point in a child's life.

Afterword.

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Call Number

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Publisher

Boston, USA : Houghton Mifflin Harcout., 2004

Collation

37 pages : illustration ; 22 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780547237695

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NONE

Content Type

text

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Edition

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Subject(s)

Fire
Signals and signaling

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