Dancing Carl

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In the winter, life in McKinley, Minnesota, revolves around the rinks, where kids play hockey and grownups skate to scratchy phonograph records. Then, in the year Marsh and his best friend Willy are twelve, Carl appears at the rink, wearing a battered old leather flight jacket and dancing 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 ...

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In the winter, life in McKinley, Minnesota, revolves around the rinks, where kids play hockey and grownups skate to scratchy phonograph records. Then, in the year Marsh and his best friend Willy are twelve, Carl appears at the rink, wearing a battered old leather flight jacket and dancing 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 of the healing power of love.

As winter progresses, the strange man in the worn flight jacket dances frequently on the ice of the rink, expressing more with his movements than most people do with words.

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"Filled with poetry and with life...an insightful beautifully written story."

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780844671833
  • Publisher: Smith, Peter Publisher, Inc.
  • Publication date: 6/1/2001
  • Age range: 9 - 12 Years

Meet the Author

Gary Paulsen

Gary Paulsen is one of the most honored writers of contemporary literature for young readers. He has written more than one hundred book for adults and young readers, and is the author of three Newbery Honor titles: Dogsong, Hatchet, and The Winter Room. He divides his time among Alaska, New Mexico, Minnesota, and the Pacific.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 5, 2001

    'Dancing Carl' is for non-dancers too!

    My boss gave me this book to read. He said he felt like he was reading a story of his youth, growing up in a small town in Colorado. Carl uses his ice dancing ability to 'whoa' a girl that hangs out by the rink. The gentle girl appears at the rink and Carl does everything in his power to show his feelings for her. He finally succeeds through a series of almost frenetic ice dances. At first, this book did not appeal to me. I didn't relate to some guy dancing to show his feelings. But my boss told me it was the story of his teenage years around the ice pond in rural Colorado. It was a great read. Even if you don't like to dance, like my boss or Carl, you will enjoy this story.

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