Thursday, May 7, 2015
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
After severely injuring Peter Driscal in an empty parking lot, troublemaker Cole Matthews is in major trouble. But instead of jail time, Cole is given an alternative: a one-year banishment to a remote Alaskan island. This program—called Circle Justice—is based on Native American traditions that provide healing for the criminal mind. To avoid serious jail time, Cole resolves to go. While there, Cole is mauled by a mysterious white bear and left for dead. Thoughts of his abusive parents, helpless Peter, and his violent anger cause him to examine the root of his troubled ways.
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I read this book once before when I was spending a couple nights with my grandmother. I honestly thought that this book was stupid the first time I read it. Now i love this book.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite character is probably the spirit bear. The spirit bear is certainly mysterious. The bear doesn't seem to be afraid of Cole which surprises me.
What do you think makes you like this book so much more than when you previously read? Do you think it was maybe harder to understand back then?
ReplyDeleteI don't really know why I like it more, I guess I just do. Maybe it's because I like death better. I do remember being scared when Cole was attacked.
DeleteI think it was harder to understand back then because I didn't truly understand why Cole was so mad at everything.
What point of view is this book written in? Cole's point of view?
ReplyDeleteYup...
DeleteI finished the book again and it was amazing. The ending was entertaining. From carving totems about meaning to “that’s the only thing I could teach him to carve”.
ReplyDeleteI liked the plot, the characters, the descriptiveness, the setting, the lessons that everyone learned. What I didn’t like though is the way the people reacted to some things that Cole would say or what his mother and father said.