Touching Spirit Bear
By: Ben Mikaelsen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation -- Juvenile fiction; Anger -- Juvenile fiction; Forgiveness -- Juvenile fiction; Child abuse -- Juvenile fiction; Tlingit Indians -- Juvenile fiction; Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Juvenile fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction
Description: 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.