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TRANSCRIPT
Joe Neely 2012
The book begins with a 15-year-old thug named Cole Matthews, who beats up
Peter Driscoll for telling on him.
Peter is left with permanent and severe brain damage, which causes him to
stutter.
Cole goes to jail for beating up Peter, and he gets a Native American parole
officer named Garvey.
Instead of going to prison,
Garvey gives Cole the option of Circle Justice,
which is a system that
requires Cole to apologize and
learn to control his anger with a punishment that
is relevant to the person’s
situation.
The Circle decides, with
Garvey’s help, that Cole
should live on an Alaskan island all by himself for a
year.
When Cole arrives at the island, he burns
the cabin that Garvey built for him.
He tries to swim away, but the tide pushes him back.
He sees a white bear near him, and because Cole is angry and it is in his territory, he goes and tries to kill it.
Will Cole kill the bear, or will the
bear maul him to death? Will Cole
turn his life around and get out of
trouble? Find out in Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen.
Credits
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restorativejusticecolorado.org• Slide 6: orgs.usd.edu• Slide 7: lostpedia.wikia.com, uonsife.org• Slide 8: heatherconnblogs.com• Slide 9: harpercollinschildrens.com