{"product_id":"dancing-carl-9781416939382","title":"Dancing Carl","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gary Paulsen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social Themes - Physical \u0026amp; Emotional Abuse (see also Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom three-time Newbery Honor author Gary Paulsen comes a moving middle grade novel about four strangers fighting for the life they want.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt 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.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45354177888407,"sku":"9781416939382","price":457.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781416939382.webp?v=1767669307","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dancing-carl-9781416939382","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}