Dancing Carl
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Dancing Carl
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Narrated by:
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Nick Podehl
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Written by:
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Gary Paulsen
About this listen
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 12, 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.
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
©2012 Gary Paulsen (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.What the critics say
“Filled with poetry and with life . . . an insightful, beautifully written story.” (Horn Book)