Mikaelsen, Ben,

Touching Spirit Bear / Ben Mikaelsen. - 1st rack ed. - 289 pages, 15 ; 18 cm

After his anger erupts into violence, fifteen year-old 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.

Nautilus Award Winner.

ISBN: 0060734000 9780060734008

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Juvenile delinquents
Anger
Forgiveness
Child abuse
Tlingit Indians
Young adult fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]