Dancing Carl (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781416939382)

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.

Author: Gary Paulsen
ISBN-10: 1416939385
ISBN-13: 9781416939382
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 06/26/2007
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.18lbs
Size: 7.63h x 5.20w x 0.33d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 754 / Dancing Carl