{"product_id":"dancing-carl-gary-paulsen-9781416939382","title":"Dancing Carl","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom three-time Newbery Honor author Gary Paulsen comes a moving middle grade novel about four strangers fighting for the life they want.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Paulsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1416939385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416939382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.63h x 5.20w x 0.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e754 \/ Dancing Carl\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gary Paulsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051439190271,"sku":"9781416939382","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a95b065e-39d0-4209-9ee6-7762dddbe7a6.jpg?v=1685013106","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dancing-carl-gary-paulsen-9781416939382","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}