TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mikaelsen,Ben
TI  - Touching Spirit Bear
SN  - 0380977443
AV  - PZ7.M5926 To 2001
U1  - [Fic] 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - HarperCollins
KW  - Juvenile delinquents
KW  - Rehabilitation
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Anger
KW  - Forgiveness
KW  - Child abuse
KW  - Tlingit Indians
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - Alaska
KW  - Juvenile delinquency
KW  - sears
KW  - Native Americans
N1  - Wilson's Junior High School; School Library Journal starred; Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.); 6.7; Follett Library Resources; 5-8; Follett Library Resources; 5-8; 670; Lexile
N2  - 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
ER  -