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Dancing Carl

by Gary Paulsen
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Dancing Carl, Gary Paulsen's first novel, was a ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a Notable Children's Trade Book for the Language Arts.
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.
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Kindle Book

  • Release date: May 22, 2012

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781442467118
  • Release date: May 22, 2012

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781442467118
  • File size: 5509 KB
  • Release date: May 22, 2012

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5
Lexile® Measure:1090
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3-4

Dancing Carl, Gary Paulsen's first novel, was a ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a Notable Children's Trade Book for the Language Arts.
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.
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Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction