{"product_id":"038080560x-touching_spirit_bear_spirit_bear-1","title":"Touching Spirit Bear (Spirit Bear, 1)","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin Cole Matthews lie anger, rage, and hate. Cole has been stealing, fighting, and lying for years. His attack on a classmate has left the boy with permanent physical and deep psychological damage and Cole in the biggest trouble of his life. To most, Cole seems beyond hope. But when he's offered a chance at an alternative path called Circle Justice, based on Native American tradition, Cole finds himself banished to a remote Alaskan island, where his rage and isolation lead him to another brazen attack. This time, his intended victim is the Spirit Bear of Native American legend-and the clumsy assault ends with Cole mauled nearly to death, desperately clinging to the life he has tried so hard to waste. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRescuers arrive to save Cole's life, but it is the attack of the Spirit Bear that is the start of Cole's long journey to accepting responsibility for his life and saving his soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis gripping, graphic survival story from an award-winning writer paints an unsparing picture of one violent teen and offers a poignant testimony to the power of pain that can destroy and may also heal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBen Mikaelsen is the author of a number of award-winning books for young readers, including \u003ci\u003eRescue Josh McGuire, Sparrow Hawk Red\u003c\/i\u003e, and most revently, \u003ci\u003ePetey\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Montana with his wife and a 650-pound bear.\u003c\/p\u003e                        \u003cp\u003eAfter 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeen \u0026amp; Young Adult\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial \u0026amp; Family Issues\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eViolence\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":45262759100606,"sku":"038080560X-4","price":12.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/91MPocmgoBL.jpg?v=1754102473","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/038080560x-touching_spirit_bear_spirit_bear-1","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}