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About The Book
From three-time Newbery Honor author Gary Paulsen comes a moving middle grade novel about four strangers fighting for the life they want.
In the winter, life in McKinley, Minnesota, revolves around the rinks, where kids play hockey and grown-ups skate to scratchy phonograph records. Then, the year Marsh and his best friend, Willy, are twelve, Carl appears at the rink, wearing a battered, old leather flight jacket and doing a strange dance that is both beautiful and disturbing to watch.
It is Marsh and Willy who discover the terrible secret behind Carl’s dance, a secret that threatens to destroy him. But a small miracle occurs, and Carl’s dance becomes a fragile and tentative expression of hope and the healing power of love.
In the winter, life in McKinley, Minnesota, revolves around the rinks, where kids play hockey and grown-ups skate to scratchy phonograph records. Then, the year Marsh and his best friend, Willy, are twelve, Carl appears at the rink, wearing a battered, old leather flight jacket and doing a strange dance that is both beautiful and disturbing to watch.
It is Marsh and Willy who discover the terrible secret behind Carl’s dance, a secret that threatens to destroy him. But a small miracle occurs, and Carl’s dance becomes a fragile and tentative expression of hope and the healing power of love.
Product Details
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (June 26, 2007)
- Length: 112 pages
- ISBN13: 9781416939382
- Grades: 5 - 9
- Ages: 10 - 14
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"Filled with poetry and with life...an insightful beautifully written story."
-- Horn Book
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- Book Cover Image (jpg): Dancing Carl Trade Paperback 9781416939382(3.4 MB)
- Author Photo (jpg): Gary Paulsen Photo by Ruth Wright Paulsen(0.1 MB)
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