{"product_id":"books-dancing-carl-by-gary-paulsen","title":"Dancing Carl","description":"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","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53767222100241,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781416939382.jpg?v=1783934508","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-dancing-carl-by-gary-paulsen","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}