Dancing Carl

Name: Dancing Carl
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Gary Paulsen
ISBN: 9781469240732

Author: Gary Paulsen

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 2 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 06/20/2012

Categories: Young Adult Fiction

Synopsis

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.An ALA Best Book for Young Adults“Filled with poetry and with life . . . an insightful, beautifully written story.” — Horn Book

About Gary Paulsen

Three-time Newbery-winning author Gary Paulsen, hailed as "one of the best-loved writers alive" by the New York Times, divides his time between his ranch in New Mexico, a sailboat on the Pacific Ocean, and his dog-kennel in Alaska. He's written over 200 books for young people, stories that have been embraced by readers of all ages.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah on August 23, 2021

Winter consumes quite a bit of the year in shivery northern Minnesota, and I've never appreciated the season more than after reading Gary Paulsen's perspective on it. Woodsong, Dogsong, The Winter Room, Brian's Winter, Tracker, Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod, and other Paulsen......more

Goodreads review by Josiah on July 29, 2023

Goodreads review by Alex on March 05, 2018

Dancing Carl is about two boys named Marsh and Willy, who observed a man named Carl dancing at the ice rinks and has a secret. The boys live in McKinley, Minnesota where the summer life is about fishing and yard work, including chores. During the winter, however, its about skating and hockey. Carl, wh......more

Goodreads review by Ginger on April 15, 2017

Small town that revolves around an ice rink. A town who takes care of their own and in the end one of their veterans life is turned around.......more

Goodreads review by Bukcrz on October 14, 2013

This is a story that I listened to with very low expectation. I am glad it proved me wrong. The story is narrated by a 12 year old boy. Through him, the reader will learn a lot about the his hometown, it's people, their small town lives, and his friendship to another boy. But the best part of the boy......more