Linda Sue Park Books In Order

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Impatient with the constraints put on her as an aristocratic girl living in 17th century Korea, 12 year old Jade Blossom determines to see beyond her small world. Jade Blossom can never go beyond her family’s inner court. All girls from good Korean families must learn to sew, do laundry, and work in the kitchen. This prepares them for their future lives in their husbands’ inner court. Jade has other interests. She longs to take trips to the mountains and the marketplace. If only she could read and paint, but these are things only boys can do. Jade won’t stop thinking about the world beyond the high walls of her home. Then one day she secretly sets off to do what no other girl her age has ever done before.

The Kite Fighters

In a riveting narrative set in fifteenth century Korea, two brothers discover a shared passion for kites. Kee sup can craft a kite unequaled in strength and beauty, but his younger brother, Young sup, can fly a kite as if he controlled the wind itself. Their combined skills attract the notice of Korea’s young king, who chooses Young sup to fly the royal kite in the New Year kite flying competition an honor that is also an awesome responsibility. Although tradition decrees, and the boys’ father insists, that the older brother represent the family, both brothers know that this time the family’s honor is best left in Young sup’s hands. This touching and suspenseful story, filled with the authentic detail and flavor of traditional Korean kite fighting, brings a remarkable setting vividly to life. AUTHOR’S NOTE.

A Single Shard

Read by Graeme MalcolmApprox. 3 hours, 45 minutes3 cassettesTree ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch ulp o, a potters village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potter’s craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master potter Min at work, and he dreams of making a pot of his own someday. When Min takes Tree ear on as his helper, Tree ear is elated until he finds obstacles in his path: the backbreaking labor of digging and hauling clay, Min s irascible temper, and his own ignorance. But Tree ear is determined to prove himself even if it means taking a long, solitary journey on foot to present Min s work in the hope of a royal commission…
even if it means arriving at the royal court with nothing to show but a single celadon shard. Graeme Malcolm currently has a featured part in the Broadway musical, Aida. He’s read tons of audio books, including Merrick by Ann Rice for Random House Audio.

When My Name Was Keoko

Sun hee and her older brother, Tae yul, live in Korea with their parents. Because Korea is under Japanese occupation, the children study Japanese and speak it at school. Their own language, their flag, the folktales Uncle tells them even their names are all part of the Korean culture that is now forbidden. When World War II comes to Korea, Sun hee is surprised that the Japanese expect their Korean subjects to fight on their side. But the greatest shock of all comes when Tae yul enlists in the Japanese army in an attempt to protect Uncle, who is suspected of aiding the Korean resistance. Sun hee stays behind, entrusted with the life and death secrets of a family at war.

Project Mulberry

Julia Song and her friend Patrick would love to win a blue ribbon, maybe even two, at the state fair. They ve always done projects together, and they work well as a team. This time, though, they re having trouble coming up with just the right plan. Then Julia’s mother offers a suggestion: They can raise silkworms, as she did when she was a girl in Korea. Patrick thinks it s a great idea. Of course there are obstacles for example, where will they get mulberry leaves, the only thing silkworms eat? but nothing they can t handle. Julia isn t so sure. The club where kids do their projects is all about traditional American stuff, and raising silkworms just doesn t fit in. Moreover, the author, Ms. Park, seems determined to make Julia s life as complicated as possible, no matter how hard Julia tries to talk her out of it. In her first novel with a contemporary setting, Linda Sue Park delivers a funny, lively story that illuminates both the process of writing a novel and the meaning of growing up American.

Archer’s Quest

In Dorchester, New York, Kevin is doing his homework when suddenly an arrow comes out of nowhere and pins his baseball cap to the wall. The man who shot the arrow claims he fell off a tiger…
and wound up in Kevin’s room. It s not long before Kevin realizes that the man, who calls himself Chu mong, or Great Archer, is no ordinary burglar, but a traveler from far away in both space and time.A visit to the local museum confirms that there was a king named Chu mong in ancient Korea who was legendary for many accomplishments, including exceptional skill with bow and arrow. Kevin knows little about his own Korean heritage, but he understands that unless Archer returns to his people and his throne, history will be changed forever. And he s determined to help Archer go back, no matter what it takes. Award winning novelist Linda Sue Park has created a funny and suspenseful adventure, incorporating intriguing bits of Korean history and lore, that will captivate even reluctant readers and will add to her audience of devoted fans. Author s note.

Click (With: Eoin Colfer,Roddy Doyle,Tim Wynne-Jones)

A video message from a dead person. A larcenous teenager. A man who can stick his left toe behind his head and in his ear. An epileptic girl seeking answers in a fairy tale. A boy who loses everything in World War II, and his brother who loses even more. And a family with a secret so big that it changes everything.

The world’s best beloved authors each contribute a chapter in the life of the mysterious George ‘Gee’ Keane, photographer, soldier, adventurer and enigma. Under different pens, a startling portrait emerges of a man, his family, and his gloriously complicated tangle of a life.

The full list of authors includes:

Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize winning author of A STAR CALLED HENRY; Nick Hornby, author of ABOUT A BOY; Ruth Ozeki, author of MY YEAR OF MEATS; Margo Lanagan, Prinz Honor Award winning author of BLACK JUICE; Linda Sue Park, Newbery Award winning author of A SINGLE SHARD; David Almond, winner of the Whitbread Award and Carnegie Medal and author of SKELLIG; Gregory Maguire, author of WICKED; Tim Wynne Jones, two time winner of Canada’s Governor General’s award and author of ONE OF THE KINDER PLANETS; Deborah Ellis, author of THE BREADWINNER; Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl Books.

And more are signing on!

Keeping Score

Both Maggie Fortini and her brother, Joey Mick, were named for baseball great Joe DiMaggio. Unlike Joey Mick, Maggie doesn t play baseball but at almost ten years old, she is a dyed in the wool fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Maggie can recite all the players statistics and understands the subtleties of the game. Unfortunately, Jim Maine is a Giants fan, but it’s Jim who teaches Maggie the fine art of scoring a baseball game. Not only can she revisit every play of every inning, but by Keeping Score she feels she s more than just a fan: she s helping her team. Jim is drafted into the army and sent to Korea, and although Maggie writes to him often, his silence is just one of a string of disappointments being a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in the early 1950s meant season after season of near misses and year after year of dashed hopes. But Maggie goes on trying to help the Dodgers, and when she finds out that Jim needs help, too, she s determined to provide it. Against a background of major league baseball and the Korean War on the home front, Maggie looks for, and finds, a way to make a difference. Even those readers who think they don t care about baseball will be drawn into the world of the true and ardent fan. Linda Sue Park s captivating story will, of course, delight those who are already Keeping Score.

A Long Walk to Water

A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the ‘lost boys’ of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya’s in an astonishing and moving way.

The Firekeeper’s Son

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.

What Does Bunny See?

A rabbit explores a garden, finding flowers of every color, before hopping home for a nap and dreams of rainbows. Rhyming clues invite the reader to answer the question: What Does Bunny See?? Linda Sue Park’s sprightly verses and Maggie Smith s cheerful illustrations will delight young children, as each turn of the page yields a colorful surprise.

Bee-bim Bop!

Bee bim bop the name translates as mix mix rice is a traditional Korean dish of rice topped, and then mixed, with meat and vegetables. In bouncy rhyming text, a hungry child tells about helping her mother make bee bim bop: shopping, preparing ingredients, setting the table, and finally sitting down with her family to enjoy a favorite meal. The energy and enthusiasm of the young narrator are conveyed in the whimsical illustrations, which bring details from the artist’s childhood in Korea to his depiction of a modern Korean American family. Even young readers who aren t familiar with the dish will recognize the pride that comes from helping Mama, the fun of mixing ingredients together in a bowl, and the pleasure of sharing delicious food. Includes author s own recipe.

Tap Dancing on the Roof

A sijo, a traditional Korean verse form, has a fixed number of stressed syllables and a humorous or ironic twist at the end. Like haiku, sijo are brief and accessible, and the witty last line winds up each poem with a surprise. The verses in this book illuminate funny, unexpected, amazing aspects of the everyday of breakfast, thunder and lightning, houseplants, tennis, freshly laundered socks. Carefully crafted and deceptively simple, Linda Sue Park’s sijo are a pleasure to read and an irresistible invitation to experiment with an unfamiliar poetic form. Istvan Banyai’s irrepressibly giddy and sophisticated illustrations add a one of a kind luster to a book that is truly a gem.

The Maze of Bones (By:Rick Riordan)

Minutes before she died Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her decendants an impossible decision: ‘You have a choice one million dollars or a clue.’

Grace is the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world’s most powerful family. Everyone from Napoleon to Houdini is related to the Cahills, yet the source of the family power is lost. 39 clues hidden around the world will reveal the family’s secret, but no one has been able to assemble them. Now the clues race is on, and young Amy and Dan must decide what’s important: hunting clues or uncovering what REALLY happened to their parents.

The 39 Clues is Scholastic’s groundbreaking new series, spanning 10 adrenaline charged books, 350 trading cards, and an online game where readers play a part in the story and compete for over $100,000 in prizes.

The 39 Clues books set the story, and the cards, website and game allow kids to participate in it. Kids visit the website www. the39clues. com and discover they are lost members of the Cahill family. They set up online accounts where they can compete against other kids and against Cahill characters to find all 39 clues. Through the website, kids can track their points and clues, manage their card collections, dig through the Cahill archives for secrets and ‘travel’ the world to collect Cahill artifacts, interview characters, and hunt down clues. Collecting cards helps: Each card is a piece of evidence containing information on a Cahill, a clue, or a family secret.

Every kid is a winner we’ll give away prizes through books, the website and the cards, including a grand prize of $25,000!

NARRATED by David Pittu

One False Note (By:Gordon Korman)

Super selling author Gordon Korman sends Amy and Dan off on a wild chase in Book 2 of the highly anticipated ’39 Clues’ series. This just in! Amy and Dan Cahill were spotted on a train, hot on the trail of one of 39 Clues hidden around the world. But wait! Police report a break in at an elite hotel, and the suspects also sound suspiciously like Amy and Dan. Update! Amy and Dan have been seen in a car…
no, in a speedboat chase…
and hold everything! They’re being chased by an angry mob. When there’s a Clue on the line, anything can happen. Think you’ve gone everywhere books can take you? Think again. Books are going to a new place but you have to follow the clues to get there. Join Amy and Dan as they continue the hunt for the 39 Clues in ‘Book Two: One False Note’. The high octane adventures will continue for a total of ten exhilarating books written by well known authors over two years. ‘The 39 Clues’ also encompas*ses hundreds of game cards and an online world that allows you to play a part in the story and compete for 100s of prizes, totaling over GBP50,000.

The Sword Thief (By:Peter Lerangis)

ATTENTION! Amy and Dan Cahill have been located once again, this time in the company of the notoriously unreliable Alistair Oh. Could they have been foolish enough to make an alliance? Spies report that Amy and Dan seem to be tracking the life of one of the most powerful fighters the world has ever known. If this fearsome warrior was a Cahill, his secrets are sure to be well guarded…
and the price to uncover them just might be lethal. EXCLUSIVE BONUS MATERIAL: Listen to an Ekaterina leadership meeting & find out about a secret ally!

Beyond the Grave (By:Jude Watson)

Bestselling author Jude Watson whisks Amy and Dan to the tombs of Egypt in the thrill packed 4th installment of the 39 Clues. FORMAT: 4 CDs, UnabridgedNARRATOR: David PittuA Clue found in Book 3 sends Amy and Dan jetting off to find out just what’s behind the fierce rivalry between the Tomas and Ekaterina branches of the Cahill family. Was a Clue stolen from the Tomas branch? Where is it now? And most important, can Amy and Dan get their hands on it before their rivals do?It’s a wild race that will take Amy and Dan deep into the bowels of the earth…
and right into the hands of the enemy

The Black Circle (By:Patrick Carman)

Bestselling author Patrick Carman sends Dan and Amy on a twisting thrill ride adventure in the highly anticipated Book Five of the 39 Clues series. FORMAT: 4 CDs, UnabridgedNARRATOR: David PittuJOIN ANYTIME TO PLAY FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN!INCOMING! Amy and Dan have been found UNHARMED! But perhaps not for long the ruthless Irina Spasky is right on their tail. And WHAT are those crazy kids doing poking their noses into Lucian secrets?!? Are they TRYING to get themselves killed?The 39 Clues Book 5 takes Dan and Amy on their most dangerous quest yet, one that brings them face to face with the only force capable of scaring the vicious Lucians: the Madrigals.

In Too Deep (By:Jude Watson)

Could Amy and Dan’s biggest enemy be…
a friend? The 39 Clues Book 6 challenges everything you thought you knew about the Clue race. FORMAT: 4 CDs, UnabridgedNARRATOR: David PittuJOIN ANYTIME TO PLAY FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN!The 39 Clues gets deadly. Book 6 takes Amy and Dan across oceans on the trail of a famous aviator, but they find more than they’re looking. Their enemies are becoming more vicious, and the truths they discover more crushing than ever. The Cahill family will stop and nothing to get the 39 Clues…
and this time, the competition is fatal.

The Viper’s Nest (By:Peter Lerangis)

JOIN ANYTIME TO PLAY FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN! It’s no longer a game. The body count is rising. Shaken by recent events, Amy and Dan flee to a distant land and trace the footsteps of their most formidable ancestor yet: a military leader of mythic proportions. Yet just as the siblings begin to master the art of ancient warfare, they confront a dangerous enemy that can’t be felled with a sword: the truth. With the stakes higher than ever, Amy and Dan uncover something so devastating it changes everything the secret of their family branch.

The Emperor’s Code (By:Gordon Korman)

JOIN ANYTIME TO PLAY FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN!

As the race to find the 39 Clues builds to its explosive finish, Amy and Dan must explore an ancient culture and steal a Clue guarded by thousands of the world’s best-trained soldiers. It’s the most dangerous Clue search yet. As their enemies crowd in, Amy and Dan find themselves separated for the first time ever. The choice lies before them – find the next Clue, or find their way back to each other.

Be the first to find out where the next Clue is! There are three messages hidden on the cover of Book 8: The Emperor’s Code. Go to www. the39clues. com/theemperorscode for a blow up of the cover, enter the secret messages you find, and unlock a page from The Emperor’s Code that reveals the whereabouts of the next Clue.

Storm Warning

The end is near! Book 9 of the 1 NY Times Bestselling series. JOIN ANYTIME TO PLAY FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN!Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan have encountered some of the darkest aspects of history…
and had to deal with the role their family played. But are they ready for the truth? In this thrilling ninth installment, Amy and Dan hit the high seas as they follow the trail of some infamous ancestors to track down a long lost treasure. However, the real prize isn’t hidden in a chest. It’s the discovery of the Madrigals’ most dangerous secret and, even more shockingly, the true identity of the mysterious man in black.

Into the Gauntlet (By:Margaret Peterson Haddix)

The explosive finale to Scholastic’s mega selling seriesThroughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history’s greatest mysteries and their family’s deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that’s taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet a task no Cahill dared to imagine. When faced with a choice that could change the future of the world, can two kids succeed where 500 years worth of famous ancestors failed?

Vespers Rising (By:Rick Riordan)

Are you ready to save the world? The bestselling series returns with an adventure spanning 6 explosive books, 2 secret filled card packs, and a website that places readers right in the action. Thirteen year old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, thought they belonged to the world’s most powerful family. They thought the hunt for 39 Clues leading to the source of that power was over. They even thought they’d won. But Amy and Dan were wrong. One by one, distress calls start coming in from around the globe. Cahills are being kidnapped by a shadowy group known only as the Vespers. Now Amy and Dan have only days to fulfill a bizarre ransom request or their captured friends will start dying. Amy and Dan don’t know what the Vespers want or how to stop them. Only one thing is clear. The Vespers are playing to win, and if they get their hands on the Clues…
the world will be their next hostage.

The Black Book of Buried Secrets (Companion Book) (By:Rick Riordan)

For the past five hundred years, the Cahills have silently dominated the world. Their desperate hunt for the 39 Clues lies behind some of history’s biggest enigmas the curse of the Hope diamond, the race to summit Mt. Everest, the wild life and death of Harry Houdini. And now finally the secrets are out. With an introduction by Rick Riordan, The 39 Clues: The Black Book of Buried Secrets reveals the shocking truth about history s most notorious family. In full, lush color, The 39 Clues: The Black Book of Buried Secrets lays bare each hidden fact, concealed strategy, top agent, lost founder, secret base and hushed up scandal of the Clue hunt. This complete guide to the Cahills contains information on all five branches, including the notoriously elusive Madrigals. The must know information includes: Full files on the enigmatic Man in Black. The true purpose of the Madrigal branch. The complete story of the fire that split the original Cahill family. The truth about the night Hope and Arthur Cahill died. Open access to the secrets of the Lucian, Ekaterina, Tomas and Janus branches. It s never too late to join the hunt especially with The 39 Clues: The Black Book of Buried Secrets to provide complete access to the Cahill s most deeply buried secrets.

The Medusa Plot (By:Gordon Korman)

Are you ready to save the world? The bestselling series returns with an adventure spanning 6 explosive books, 2 secret filled card packs, and a website that places readers right in the action. Thirteen year old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, thought they belonged to the world’s most powerful family. They thought the hunt for 39 Clues leading to the source of that power was over. They even thought they’d won. But Amy and Dan were wrong. One by one, distress calls start coming in from around the globe. Cahills are being kidnapped by a shadowy group known only as the Vespers. Now Amy and Dan have only days to fulfill a bizarre ransom request or their captured friends will start dying. Amy and Dan don’t know what the Vespers want or how to stop them. Only one thing is clear. The Vespers are playing to win, and if they get their hands on the Clues…
the world will be their next hostage.

A King’s Ransom (By:Jude Watson)

Amy and Dan are in a race for their lives…
and the enemy may be even closer than they think. When seven members of their family were kidnapped by a sinister organization known as the Vespers, thirteen year old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, vowed they’d stop at nothing to bring the hostages home. But then the ransom comes in and the Vespers demand the impossible. Amy and Dan have just days to track down and steal an ancient map. The only catch? No one has seen the map for half a century. Now Amy and Dan are on a desperate search that will lead them to the Na*zis, spies, a mad king and some of history’s dirtiest secrets. It’s the race of their lives…
and one misstep will mean certain death for the hostages.