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Touching Spirit Bear

by Ben Mikaelsen · 2001

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After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.

Child abuseIndians of North AmericaTlingit IndiansJuvenile fictionFictionAngerJuvenile delinquentsForgivenessRehabilitationReading Level-Grade 5Reading Level-Grade 7Reading Level-Grade 6