Author | : Gary Paulsen |
File Size | : 45,7 Mb |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 22 May 2012 |
ISBN | : 9781442467118 |
Pages | : 144 pages |
Dancing Carl by Gary Paulsen Book PDF Summary
Dancing Carl, Gary Paulsen's first novel, was a ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a Notable Children's Trade Book for the Language Arts. 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.