TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ben Mikaelsen
TI  - Touching Spirit Bear
SN  - 0439401887
U1  - 813.54MIK 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - U.S.A
PB  - Scholastic Inc.
KW  - Realistic Fiction
N2  - 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 is sent to a remote Alaskan island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life. This gripping, graphic survival story from an award-winning writer paints an unsparing picture of one violent teen and offers a poignant testimony to the power of pain that can destroy and may also heal
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