Read-alikes and related books

Books like Dancing Carl

24 books recommended for fans of Dancing Carl by Gary Paulsen, tied together by themes of Ice Skating, Physical & Emotional Abuse, People & Places, and 20th Century.

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Top related books to Dancing Carl

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

Forged by Fire

Sharon M. Draper

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • People & Places • Sports & Recreation

Playing the Cards You’re Dealt

Varian Johnson

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • People & Places • Sports & Recreation

The Comeback A Figure Skating Novel

E. L. Shen

Themes: Ice Skating • People & Places • Sports & Recreation

Gold Dust

Chris Lynch

Themes: People & Places • 20th Century • Sports & Recreation

Bat 6

Virginia Euwer Wolff

Themes: People & Places • 20th Century • Sports & Recreation

Muckers

Sandra Neil Wallace

Themes: People & Places • 20th Century • Sports & Recreation

Baseball Card Adventures 3-Book Box Set Honus and Me, Jackie and Me, Babe and Me

Dan Gutman

Themes: People & Places • 20th Century • Sports & Recreation

Show and Prove

Sofia Quintero

Themes: People & Places • 20th Century • Sports & Recreation

Keeping Score

Linda Sue Park

Themes: People & Places • 20th Century • Sports & Recreation

#10

Black Star

Kwame Alexander

Themes: People & Places • 20th Century • Sports & Recreation

#11

Good Luck, Ivy

Lisa Yee

Themes: People & Places • 20th Century • Sports & Recreation

#12

Pie in the Sky

Jane Smiley

Themes: People & Places • 20th Century • Sports & Recreation

#13

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Jean Lee Latham

Themes: People & Places • 20th Century • Sports & Recreation

#14

The Paper Cowboy

Kristin Levine

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • 20th Century • Social Themes

#15

The Best Worst Summer

Elizabeth Eulberg

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • 20th Century • Social Themes

#16

I Am Not a Number

Jenny Kay Dupuis

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • People & Places • Social Themes

#17

I Am Osage How Clarence Tinker Became the First Native American Major General

Kim Rogers

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • People & Places • 20th Century

#18

King of the Ice #1

Kelly Starling Lyons

Themes: Ice Skating • People & Places • Sports & Recreation

#19

Adventures of a Christmas Elf The perfect festive family gift from Chief Elf and million-copy selling Ben Miller

Ben Miller

Themes: Ice Skating • People & Places • Sports & Recreation

#20

Skating Shoes

Noel Streatfeild

Themes: Ice Skating • People & Places • Sports & Recreation

#21

The Rifle

Gary Paulsen

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • Social Themes • United States

#22

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I The Pox Party — M.T. Anderson

M. T. Anderson

Themes: Physical & Emotional Abuse • People & Places • Social Themes

#23

Dragon Road Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1939

Laurence Yep

Themes: People & Places • 20th Century • Sports & Recreation

#24

Silent Superstitions

Catherine Marshall

Themes: People & Places • 20th Century • Sports & Recreation

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Dancing Carl by Gary Paulsen — spanning Ice Skating, Physical & Emotional Abuse, People & Places and featuring authors such as Sharon M. Draper, Varian Johnson, E. L. Shen, Chris Lynch, and others.