Dancing Carl
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · Print & ebook · June 26, 2007
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- Who it’s for
- A winter rink story where an unsettling dance opens toward fragile hope and healing.
- Themes
- Hope, Healing, Love
- Genres
- 20th-Century U.S., Dance Stories, Ice Skating Stories
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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.
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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.
Rinkside Hope
A winter rink story where an unsettling dance opens toward fragile hope and healing.
Come here for
- Hockey, skating, and scratchy phonograph records
- A strange, beautiful dance at the rink
Expect
- A moving middle grade story of friendship and healing
- Tender hope beside an unsettling secret
Where it sits
| 20th-Century U.S. | 36% |
|---|---|
| Ice Skating Stories | 24% |
| Dance Stories | 17% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- 20th-Century U.S.
- Ice Skating Stories
- Abuse & Healing
- Authors
- Gary Paulsen
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Published
- June 26, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Hope · Healing · Love
- Reading lane
- 20th-Century U.S.