Author(s): Linda Sue Park,Bagram Ibatoulline
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 32
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Language:
Date Published: 2011-11-10
Dimensions: 236 x 300 x 9mm
Publication City/Country: St Lucia, Australia
Edition:
Illustrations:

A boy is learning his father's craft, recognising the trees that release valuable resin and gathering the round drops, which look almost like pearls. Or tears. Today is a proud turning point for the boy. They have found a 'tear' of unusual size, big enough to fill his two hands. And in the marketplace, three strangers have their own surprising reason for wishing to buy the day's harvest. From an award-winning author and illustrator comes a moving tale about ordinary people involved in an extraordinary event, providing a window into a time some two thousand years ago.