Ben Mikaelsen Touching Spirit Bear

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What I liked best about the novel Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen, was how Cole had lots of problems, like getting angry a lot to the point that he almost killed someone. In touching spirit bear, the mauling was one of my favorite parts because before he got mauled by the bear, he was yelling at it because he thought he was more compelling than the bear. However, he actually wasn't. And then the bear just studs there in defiance. Also in the novel Touching Spirit Bear, the Native American Circle of Justice provides an alternative form of justice for Cole Mathews. In this system, the goal is to focus on the whole person and heal him or her so that the likelihood of a repeat crime is extremely low. And they sent him to an Alaskan island
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