book report

Touching Spirit Bear, Ben Mikaelsen



This book is about a young boy named Cole Matthews. Cole got himself into trouble when he beat up a young boy named Peter and bashed Peters head into the side walk. Cole's punishment was either jail in Minneapolis or to spend a year on an island in Southeast Alaska. Cole choose to spend a year on the island.

On the island Cole learned a bunch of stuff by carrying a spirit rock up a hill every day also, taking cold baths in a freezing pond. Cole learns how to control his anger and he learns the dance of anger. Towards the end of the book Peter is put on the island with Cole and Cole is trying to get Peter's trust back, but Peter is afraid of Cole. What Cole doesn't know is that Peter is a good artist and Peter also screwed up Cole's totem pole. Then Peter helps Cole fix his totem pole and Peter finally gives Cole his trust.

I thought Touching Spirit Bear was a excellent book . The thing I liked the most about the book it was good through the whole book . It was just an excellent book . I would recommend this book to some one who likes adventurist books.