Dancing Carl

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 leat...