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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Touching Spirit Bear (rack)by: Ben Mikaelsen  Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackEAN: 9780060734008 ISBN: 0060734000 Label: HarperTeen Manufacturer: HarperTeen Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: January 01, 2005 Publisher: HarperTeen Reading Level: Young Adult Release Date: January 04, 2005 Studio: HarperTeen Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Cole Matthews is angry. Angry, defiant, smug--in short, a bully. His anger has taken him too far this time, though. After beating up a ninth-grade classmate to the point of brain damage, Cole is facing a prison sentence. But then a Tlingit Indian parole officer named Garvey enters his life, offering an alternative called Circle Justice, based on Native American traditions, in which victim, offender, and community all work together to find a healing solution. Privately, Cole sneers at the concept, but he's no fool--if it gets him out of prison, he'll do anything. Ultimately, Cole ends up banished for one year to a remote Alaskan island, where his arrogance sets him directly in the path of a mysterious, legendary white bear. Mauled almost to death, Cole awaits his fate and begins the transition from anger to humility. Ben Mikaelsen's depiction of a juvenile delinquent's metamorphosis into a caring, thinking individual is exciting and fascinating, if at times heavy-handed. Cole's nastiness and the vivid depictions of the lengths he must go to survive after the (equally vivid) attack by the bear are excruciating at times, but the concept of finding a way to heal a whole community when one individual wrongs another is compelling. The jacket cover photo of the author in a bear hug with the 700-pound black bear that he and his wife adopted and raised is definitely worth seeing! (Ages 12 and older) --Emilie Coulter Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Sam's seventh grade opinion"[Cole] was an innocent-looking, baby-faced fifteen-year-old from Minneapolis who had been in trouble wish the law half his life. Everyone thought he felt sorry for what he had done, and going to this island was his way of making things right. Nothing could be further from the truth." Cole Matthews is going to an Alaskan island as a result of almost killing a boy by bashing his head into the sidewalk. Cole is an emotional wreck with social and anger problems. He is accompanied by Garvey, the ... Read More Rating: - Luke's seventh grade reviewCole Matthews is not the type of kid you'd want to hang out with. Cole has been to ten different detention centers because of his violent actions. One afternoon, Cole decides to rob a convenience store. Cole is successful, but the next day at school, Cole brags to everyone about what he did. One kid, Peter Driscal, rats Cole out. After school, Cole beats Peter up badly. It takes six kids to stop him. For doing what Cole did, he is sent to a detention center in Minneapolis. Cole has the choice to go ... Read More Rating:  - A seventh grader's viewHow would you feel if the age of fifteen you might be headed to a jail cell? What if you had been beaten up your entire life, and you did the same to others? This is what life is like for Cole Matthews in the book Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen. Mikaelsen creates a fascinating novel about a boy who wants to change. Cole is sent to a harsh, remote island in Southeast Alaska, where he is mauled by a mysterious white Spirit Bear. Cole is left with the decision of helping himself or ... Read More Rating: - TOUCHING SPIRIT BEARTeenagers, as they stumble their way through puberty, are a handful. Rare is the teen who exits puberty just he or she entered it. It is a time of self-determination, adjustment, experimentation, questioning, change (both physical and emotional), and realization. In other words, it is a difficult time. As a society, we tend to cast off the teens who do not behave in a socially acceptable way. They are chastised, banished, and often rejected. This goes for those who are violent towards others, ... Read More Rating: - Great bookIt's been a while since I have read this book, but I still remember the effect it had on me. And in all honesty I was an extremely angry child and this book helped me with that believe it or not. It is also just an amazing read in my opinion. I highly recommend this book for anyone and everyone. <3 
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