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    Ghost of Spirit Bear

    By Ben Mikaelsen

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    In award-winning author Ben Mikaelsen’s riveting sequel to the acclaimed word-of-mouth bestseller Touching Spirit Bear, readers will be captivated by what Booklist calls a “hugely satisfying resolution.”

    Life in the wilderness—exiled from civilization as a punishment for his violent behavior—had its own set of hurdles, but for fifteen-year-old Cole Matthews, it's returning home and facing high school that feels most daunting.

    With gangs and physical altercations haunting the hallways of their school, Cole and his former victim Peter—who Cole has now become friends with—must face it all together.

    So when Peter’s limp and speech impediment make him a natural target for bullies, Cole’s suppressed rage comes bubbling to the surface a lot quicker than he anticipated. Will he throw everything away that he learned on the healing, remote Alaskan island?

    In this tale of survival and self-awareness, Cole realizes it's not enough to change himself. He has to change his world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 29, 2011
    ISBN9780062033635
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    Ghost of Spirit Bear
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    Ben Mikaelsen

    Ben Mikaelsen is the winner of the International Reading Association Award and the Western Writers of America Spur Award. His novels have been nominated for and won many state reader's choice awards. These novels include Red Midnight, Rescue Josh McGuire, Sparrow Hawk Red, Stranded, Countdown, Petey, and Tree Girl. Ben's articles and photos appear in numerous magazines around the world. Ben lives near Bozeman, Montana, with his 700-pound black bear, Buffy.

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    • 5/5
      I absolutely loved the first novel, Touching Spirit Bear, and provided a reader had read book one, I think they'd love this one as well. I would strongly recommend that you read the first book before this one. Although the author does a decent job of filling in necessary background information , the book is much more powerful when read in conjuncition with the first book. An amazing portrayal of how difficult it was for Cole and Peter to leave the island and try to survive the bullies and gangs and noises of the city. I will defnitely recommend this once it becomes available in paperback. Great story!
    • 5/5
      The author has had the unique experience of raising a six-hundred-pound black bear named Buffy at his home in the mountains of Bozeman, Montana. Ben Mikaelsen was born in La Paz, Bolivia, a South American country in 1952. He had strange pets and learned a lot about the Bolivian culture in his time there. He began writing when he was 10 years old. He has been professionally writing for the past sixteen years. Writing is his only profession. Mikaelsen writes articles as well as books. He has been featured nationally on Jack Hannah's Animal Adventures as well as on German national television.There are times when I am really excited about getting to read the sequel to a great book, and this is certainly one of them. Mikaelsen has a bright, lucid storytelling style. His book is incredibly fresh and unigue. 'Ghost of Spirit Bear' is a perfect page turning book for a 5th grader, since Spirit bears, have long been the subject of myth, curiosity, and fascination to them; and to read a story that talks about their presence is wonderful. This story of teenager Cole Matthews learning and understanding the Native American system of Circle Justice, and being banished to a remote Alaskan island for a year after viciously and cruelly assaulting a schoolmate - Peter Driscal, causing his victim to suffer brain damage, will wow the adolescent reader.This is truly a wonderful tale of endurance and awareness. The story line has a unity of purpose and strength of spirit that is hard to match.
    • 4/5
      Sequel to Touching Spirit Bear, begins with Cole and Peter returning home from there time on the island. How they cope with returning to school and what they learned about themselves.
    • 4/5
      Heartbreaking and touching.My only qualm is I'm SICK of YA books/movies/tv shows whose only proposed solution to bullying is saving the bullies life (I think I've read about four books this year that have that as a plot point...LAME!).
    • 4/5
      It was nice to see how Cole and Peter used what they learned after they left the island. I like closure.
    • 4/5
      I have yet to finish The Ghost of Spirir Bear but so far the book seems very interesting. The fact that the old homeless man just keeps randomly showing up is great. I figured that the old homeless man is the ghost of spirit bear, because he keeps showing up and disappearing just like the spirit bear of the first book touching spirit bear. Cole seems to have really changed and I love the way that he continues to keep his cool and really care for Peter. I also love the fact that Cole and Peter try to find different things in the city to relate to the things they did on the island. Cole really is learning to stay calm by fighting with his heart.
    • 5/5
      Alone in the wilderness, Cole found peace. But he's not alone anymore. Cole Matthews used to be a violent child, but a year in exile on a remote Alaskan island with scircle justice, has a way of changing your perspective. After being mauled by a Spirit Bear, Cole started to heal but has a bad arm. He even invited his victim, Peter Driscal, to join him on the island to help him recover from his brutal attack and they then became friends. But now their time in exile is over, and Cole and Peter are heading back to the one place they're not sure they can handle: high school. Gangs and violence haunt the hallways, and Peter's limp and speech impediment make him a natural target to the bullies. In a school where hate and tension are getting close to the boiling point, the monster of rage hibernating inside Cole begins to stir. Ben Mikaelsen's riveting saga of survival and self-awareness continues in the sequel to his gripping "Touching Spirit Bear." This time, he weaves a tale of urban survival where every day is a struggle to stay sane. As the problems in his school grow worse, Cole realizes that it's not enough just to change himself. He has to change his world.
    • 4/5
      Alone in the wilderness, Cole found peace. But he's not alone anymore. Cole Matthews used to be a violent kid, but a year in exile on a remote Alaskan island has a way of changing your perspective. After being mauled by a Spirit Bear, Cole started to heal. He even invited his victim, Peter Driscal, to join him on the island and they became friends. But now their time in exile is over, and Cole and Peter are heading back to the one place they're not sure they can handle: high school. Gangs and violence haunt the hallways, and Peter's limp and speech impediment make him a natural target. In a school where hate and tension are getting close to the boiling point, the monster of rage hibernating inside Cole begins to stir. Ben Mikaelsen's riveting saga of survival and self-awareness continues in the sequel to his gripping Touching Spirit Bear. This time, he weaves a tale of urban survival where every day is a struggle to stay sane. As the problems in his school grow worse, Cole realizes that it's not enough just to change himself. He has to change his world.
    • 3/5
      Ghost of Spirit Bearby: Ben Mikaelson2008Harper3.0 / 5.0I did like the protagonist, Cole Matthew, despite his violent past. A year on a remote island in Alaska has helped him learn to control his violent tendencies, even befriending a boy that continually bullied him and beat him up at school. I just couldnt connect with the whole circle idea and it seemed like a silly and convenient way to a quick ending. Somehow the passion and feeling of the first book, Touching Spirit Bear, was lost.
    • 5/5
      This book is the second book in the two book Touching Spirit Bear series. I loved the first book much more than the second one only because the first one took place on a deserted island in Alaska. The man versus nature element was suspenseful and adventurous. The reason I did not like the second one as much was because it takes place in a city. I would recommend this book to any one who likes aha moments in books. There were lots of themes that made me think about life. The book is thrilling and makes you think " what's going to happen next." This book is an fairly easy read and was interesting the whole time. The book is about a boy named Cole Mathews. He was sent to the island in the first book because he was aggressive and disables another boy who he becomes great friends with. In the middle to the end of book one. Cole sticks up for Peter ( the boy he becomes friends with) against bullies in their high school.