Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952-

Touching Spirit Bear / Ben Mikaelsen. - 1st rack ed. - New York : HarperTrophy, 2005, c2001. - 289 p. ; 18 cm.

Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005 School Library Journal starred, February 2001 Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2002 Booklist, January 2001 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2001 Book Report, September 2001 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2001 Kirkus Review, January 2001 Kliatt Starred, January 2005 Kliatt, January 2001

Fifteen-year-old Cole, trying to avoid prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.

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Juvenile delinquency--Fiction.
Anger--Fiction.
Forgiveness--Fiction.
Child abuse--Fiction.
Tlingit Indians--Fiction.
Native Americans--Alaska--Fiction.


Alaska--Fiction.

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