Touching Spirit Bear
by:
Ben Mikaelsen (author)
Will the attack of the Spirit Bear destroy Cole's life or save his soul? Cole Matthews has been fighting, stealing, and raising hell for years. So his punishment for beating Peter Driscal senseless is harsh. Given a choice between prison and Native American Circle Justice, Cole chooses Circle...
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Will the attack of the Spirit Bear destroy Cole's life or save his soul? Cole Matthews has been fighting, stealing, and raising hell for years. So his punishment for beating Peter Driscal senseless is harsh. Given a choice between prison and Native American Circle Justice, Cole chooses Circle Justice: He'll spend one year in complete isolation on a remote Alaskan island. In the first days of his banishment, Cole is mauled by a mysterious white bear and nearly dies. Now there's no one left to save Cole, but Cole himself.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780060734008 (0060734000)
Publish date: January 4th 2005
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages no: 289
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Teen,
Academic,
School,
Survival,
Read For School,
Realistic Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Animals
Series: Spirit Bear (#1)
I checked this book out from my library after someone at one of my author talks raved about it. I enjoyed it so much that I bought my own copy today--I'm certain that I'll reread it. It contains one of the best passages demonstrating the use of description of setting to convey emotion--what MFA'ers ...
"Touching Spirit Bear" is a wonderful coming of age/redemptive story of a 15-year-old boy whose anger issues flare up out of control. Cole has had more than several "last chances" to turn his behavior around. Coming from the home of an abusive father and a mother who seems to turn a blind eye, Col...
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