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Ghost of Spirit Bear (Spirit Bear #2)
In the wilderness, Cole found peace. But this isn't the great outdoors. it's high school.At fifteen, Cole Matthews faced a prison sentence for slamming another student's head against a sidewalk. To avoid prison, he volunteered for Native American Circle Justice and agreed to a year in exile on a remote Alaskan island. There he was mauled by the legendary Spirit Bear and ne...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
March 30th 2010
by HarperCollins
(first published June 17th 2008)
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This is the sequel to Touching Spirit Bear, which I have not read, but this book gives a good 'catch-up' synopsis at the beginning. I think the setting of a really crummy, violent urban school in Minneapolis is interesting - I would not have chosen Minneapolis for that kind of school, but it needed to have a big Native American connection, and you wouldn't necessarily get that in NYC or Chicago or LA. The school is full of physically violent and speech abusing bullies, jaded teachers, a new prin...more
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This book is about a boy named Cole who has just gotten back from being isolated on an Alaskin penninsula. This is a sequel to Touching Spirit Bear which was a very good book. I thought this book did a very good job of showing how Cole is trying his best to get away from the bad things that are now in his life. He is in high school and many people are now bullying him and his new friend Peter.
It is a very good sequel and you should only read this book if you have read the first one. It is somet...more
It is a very good sequel and you should only read this book if you have read the first one. It is somet...more
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So far the book goes on at the island and Cole must tare down his cabin to keep his memories of burning and building a cabin. They (Cole and Peter) thought they will never see the spirit bear but they are waiting for a big suprise.
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The thing I really liked about this book was that it almost always left you hanging at the end of a chapter. It made you want to read the next chapter so badly. It was really hard for me to put the book down sometimes. The sentence fluency for it was great. I never had to go back and reread a sentence or two to find out what it ment. It just ran smoothly right through. He didn't use too many "big" words. They were all pretty simple for me. I enjoy that challenge of finding out what some words m...more
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Review/Critique
Mikaelsen, B. (2008). Ghost of Spirit Bear. New York: Harper Collins.
Why the book was chosen
I chose Ghost of Spirit Bear purposefully it is the sequel to Touching Spirit Bear by Ben
Mikaelsen. The cover of the book is wonderful. It features a mighty bear rising above a building,
mouth wide, open fangs visible. I was interested in finding out how Cole Matthews and Peter
Driscal were doing since their last experience, which was a healing journey for themselves.
Summary/Overview of the...more
Mikaelsen, B. (2008). Ghost of Spirit Bear. New York: Harper Collins.
Why the book was chosen
I chose Ghost of Spirit Bear purposefully it is the sequel to Touching Spirit Bear by Ben
Mikaelsen. The cover of the book is wonderful. It features a mighty bear rising above a building,
mouth wide, open fangs visible. I was interested in finding out how Cole Matthews and Peter
Driscal were doing since their last experience, which was a healing journey for themselves.
Summary/Overview of the...more
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 viole...more
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 viole...more
Ghost of the Spirit Bear Character Writing By Vincent
The main character in my book is Cole Matthews. He used to be a bully and picked on this kid peter who later turned out to be his best friend. Cole Matthews is a teen that goes to high school with a single mom. He’s been very close to going to juvenile jail so he has a parole officer. Peter became friends with Cole when they were on the island. Cole once beat peter up for telling on him in the lot where kids watched. Cole had done drugs, al...more
The main character in my book is Cole Matthews. He used to be a bully and picked on this kid peter who later turned out to be his best friend. Cole Matthews is a teen that goes to high school with a single mom. He’s been very close to going to juvenile jail so he has a parole officer. Peter became friends with Cole when they were on the island. Cole once beat peter up for telling on him in the lot where kids watched. Cole had done drugs, al...more
This book, the sequel to Touching Spirit Bear, was another wonderful book by Ben Mikaelsen. Home from the island, Cole and Peter must find their in the same school and community that had left them broken and angry. They must try to preserve the changes they had made while in isolation, while still functioning in the school setting. Mikaelsen does a phenomenal job at showing the struggles that kids face, not only Cole and Peter, but all students. At this school, fear and bullying rule the day, th...more
"Ghost of Spirit Bear" is a sequel to an other book by Ben Mikaelsen "Touching Spirit Bear." After being banished to a remote Island to learn self control together; Cole and Peter return to their homes in Minneapolis. Together they start high school again and try to apply everything they learned about them selves on the island to there urban lives. Quickly they learn this is no simple task, so they tried to replicate their island routine. After doing this for a few weeks they decide what they we...more
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This is the sequel to "Touching Spirit Bear."
After Cole, former juvenile delinquent, returns from his island banishment he has to try to live what he learned. This book is a little more edgy because Cole attends what seems like a pretty harsh-inner city type high school. I don't recall that there was actual swearing, but it did have quite a number of "b--" type swear word inserts. The kids are cruel, without mercy or respect for each other or anything.
A few really great things that made the boo...more
After Cole, former juvenile delinquent, returns from his island banishment he has to try to live what he learned. This book is a little more edgy because Cole attends what seems like a pretty harsh-inner city type high school. I don't recall that there was actual swearing, but it did have quite a number of "b--" type swear word inserts. The kids are cruel, without mercy or respect for each other or anything.
A few really great things that made the boo...more
One thing I think this book needs is more description. He didn’t even describe the characters well. He did describe them well in the other book. (Touching spirit bear)But most people, like me, need to be reminded on what they look like or their attitude. But he didn’t give that to any of us. He just jumped right into the story leaving everybody thinking what happened. He didn’t describe anything well in my opinion. Streets, buildings, or even other non-important characters. Plus I didn’t like th...more
Going back can always be a scary thing and that is what Cole and Peter face as they return to high school after living in a very isolated place for a year. I read the first book with my students and passed the 2nd book on to those who asked and the one student who read it all the way through in one night really enjoyed it. I figured if he could, I could and yes, I did read it in one sitting. The synopsis of the first book begins this story. While the ending events of this book are a little hard...more
At first I was upset with the book because of the comment principal Ms. Kennedy makes about teachers needing to be careful and that's why they don't try to help the students. As a teacher, it really bohered me that any teacher, real or imagined, would say that. But she changed by the end, and I ended up enjoying the book.
Peter and Cole return to the city and though they changed in the wild, they have a difficult time adjusting to life with everyone else again. They struggle, but they make it, a...more
Peter and Cole return to the city and though they changed in the wild, they have a difficult time adjusting to life with everyone else again. They struggle, but they make it, a...more
Several years ago, I read Touching Spirit Bear. I was teaching at risk students at the time, and I immediately turned it into a read aloud. When I realized that Mikaelsen had written a sequel, I wasted no time picking it up. This book follows Cole Matthews (a juvenile delinquent who has been rehabilitated in a wilderness program) as he re-enters his former life in a high school rife with bullies and gangs. While some of the situations may seem a tiny bit contrived, the emotions that Cole and his...more
natalie diclementi
i read: Ghost of spirit Bear - by Ben Mikaelsen pages- 154
20 word summery
Cole is headed back to school, he is faces gangs, violince, and bullying, and he feels he must change it.
passage on page 154
"Without speaking, they lifted the old man's gift. Balancing its weight between them, Peter and Cole carried the Spirit Bear up the dark stairs, through the doors, and out into their world."
response
i choose this passage because it was really symbolic. It showes how the spirit bear wi...more
i read: Ghost of spirit Bear - by Ben Mikaelsen pages- 154
20 word summery
Cole is headed back to school, he is faces gangs, violince, and bullying, and he feels he must change it.
passage on page 154
"Without speaking, they lifted the old man's gift. Balancing its weight between them, Peter and Cole carried the Spirit Bear up the dark stairs, through the doors, and out into their world."
response
i choose this passage because it was really symbolic. It showes how the spirit bear wi...more
Ghost of Spirit Bear tells the story of Ben and Peter and what happens after they spent a year on a remote Alaskan island to change themselves for the better. Ben was originally sent away because he was an angry, violent, drug-using teenager. In one of his violent episodes he beat Peter up so badly that it left long term damage. However, the two ended up becoming friends and learned a lot about themselves during their time in Alaska. However, when they return to school, nothing has changed. Gang...more
I read this book and I loved it. I loved the first 1 as well. I connected to these books so much. These books taught me how to control my anger instead of taking it out on people. We read the 1st book in 7th or 8th grade I loved it and my teachers noticed a difference in my behavior. My reading teacher even singed a copy of the 1st book and gave it to me so I could remember all the things this boy had to do. I bought this copy and lent it to my teacher awhile ago and never got it back but that i...more
The much anticipated sequel to Touching Spirit Bear, provides friendship, the ability to change, and essentially closure for Cole Matthews.
Cole is forever changed by the chance to attend Circle Justice, and live on a remote Alaskan island to repent for his sins as a juvenile delinquent. While on the island he realizes there is much more to life than hate and excuses. Together with the boy he critically beat,Peter, Cole learns to find happiness with himself, and the ability to heal old wounds,...more
Cole is forever changed by the chance to attend Circle Justice, and live on a remote Alaskan island to repent for his sins as a juvenile delinquent. While on the island he realizes there is much more to life than hate and excuses. Together with the boy he critically beat,Peter, Cole learns to find happiness with himself, and the ability to heal old wounds,...more
AUDIO BOOK REVIEW: This sequel to Touching Spirit Bear brings Cole and Peter back from their sorjourn of solitude on a remote Alaskan island to the harsh realities of an inner city high school riddled with gangs, drugs and total unacceptance of anyone who is "different". Adjusting the lessons they learned in Alsaka to this new setting is a huge challenge for them both. Personally, I liked the first book better mainly because of the setting and the more spiritual aspect but this was a good "liste...more
This is the sequel to Touching Spirit Bear. It is about how a violent kid really changed and helped others to change too after returning from being banished on an Alaskan island for a year. Very inspirational and a great read for young adults. Maybe not very realistic, but certainly nice fiction. It showed how a former bully dealt with being bullied himself and how he really made a difference in his school. I look forward to reading other books by this author who lives in Montana and has a pet b...more
Okay sequel to Touching Spirit Bear. Cole and Peter, the boy he once used to bully unmercilessly but who is now his best friend, have returned to their urban high school after their healing time on a remote Alaskan island. Now Peter is the victim of new bullies, but if Cole fights back against the bullies he will violate his parole. So together Cole and Peter have to find another solution, one that involves the whole school. This book still has a lot of the same action as the first, but it's set...more
The sequel to Touching Spirit Bear fills the gap left by the first book: the problem and process of Cole adjusting to real life, out of the wilderness. Cole and Peter go back to school, which is full of gangs, violence, and bigotry. Eventually, they work to change their school for the better. While the book covers a necessary plotline from the predecessor, the book suffers greatly from Mikaelsen's weak writing. His characters just are not well drawn. The problems are not fleshed out or real. The...more
Cole Mathews was an angry and violent young man, but instead of jail he was offered banishment to a island in Alaska.
Peter was the victim,tired of being bullied, Peter attempted to commit suicide,Cole ask that he come to the island. The boys face many obstacles and trials but learn much and heal themselves in the process.
Now the boys are back in Minneapolis, how will the adjust?, How well the deal with the drugs, gangs and violence taking over the high school.
Would they remember what they had l...more
Peter was the victim,tired of being bullied, Peter attempted to commit suicide,Cole ask that he come to the island. The boys face many obstacles and trials but learn much and heal themselves in the process.
Now the boys are back in Minneapolis, how will the adjust?, How well the deal with the drugs, gangs and violence taking over the high school.
Would they remember what they had l...more
I would recommend this book to plenty of people that are interested in hearing about someone that changed their life, then going back to their normal life and see how they are treated. The title is almost perfect for this book because the spirit bear lived on an island near Alaska. Cole changed dramatically because he went to the island and it changed his whole personality. Matthew changed some because he joined the circle and started to hang out with Cole (beated his head in the concrete). The...more
Dec 18, 2010
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I thought this book was terrible! It's a sequal to Touching Spirit Bear but it's not nearly as good as the first one. Where the other book was about how the island changed Cole's attitude of the world, this book is about Cole and Peter's return back to their home and school, where they are constantly bullied. The main plot is basically about how the two boys are trying to escape the bullying and transition from life on the island to "real" life, this makes the whole book rather boring. So, unl...more
An interesting but not quite as powerful follow up to "Touching Spirit Bear." This book realistically and touchingly answers the question, "What does Cole do with the knowledge he gains from the Spirit Bear?" Cole Matthews was a troubled teen, but now that he's well on his way to healing, what legacy will he leave?
Cole and his once-victim, now-friend Peter must return to their high school to once again navigate halls packed with gangs, drugs, bullies, and fear. Will Cole be able to control hims...more
Cole and his once-victim, now-friend Peter must return to their high school to once again navigate halls packed with gangs, drugs, bullies, and fear. Will Cole be able to control hims...more
This book is about a boy named Cole who has just gotten back from being isolated on an Alaskin penninsula. This is a sequel to Touching Spirit Bear which was a very good book. I thought this book did a very good job of showing how Cole is trying his best to get away from the bad things that are now in his life. He is in high school and many people are now bullying him and his new friend Peter.
It is a very good sequel and you should only read this book if you have read the first one. It is somet...more
It is a very good sequel and you should only read this book if you have read the first one. It is somet...more
Summary:
After being a Island for one year, Cole is going back to High school, where his troubles first began.
Passage: Page 86, paragraph 1
That evening, Cole told his mother he wanted to drop charges against Keith. "You're making a huge mistake," she argued. "It's what I need to do." Cole insisted. He told her of his visit to the hospital. "Do you remember when Garvey said I should try fighting with my heart?" "Are you sure this is what he meant?" his mother asked.
The reason why I chose it:
I cho...more
After being a Island for one year, Cole is going back to High school, where his troubles first began.
Passage: Page 86, paragraph 1
That evening, Cole told his mother he wanted to drop charges against Keith. "You're making a huge mistake," she argued. "It's what I need to do." Cole insisted. He told her of his visit to the hospital. "Do you remember when Garvey said I should try fighting with my heart?" "Are you sure this is what he meant?" his mother asked.
The reason why I chose it:
I cho...more
Second in a series of which I had not read the first. After a change takes place in two teenagers on a wilderness quest, the boys are tested when they return to their high school. I found the writing a bit awkward but heartfelt, and couldn't put it down despite not have been inspired by the first, wilderness book. I came away with the wish that there were such programs available to some of our youths who might benefit--and wondering what happened to those programs like Outward Bound I'd read abo...more
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“As Cole left school that day with Peter, they stopped beside the bulldog statue.
"You two are wrecking our school!" shouted one of the jocks walking by.
"You can't wreck something that's already wrecked!" Peter shouted back angrily.
"Hey, Peter, we're Spirit Bears," Cole reminded his friend. "Spirit Bears are strong, gentle, and kind."
Peter thought a moment. "You got mauled, so that proves they can get ticked off too.”
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"You two are wrecking our school!" shouted one of the jocks walking by.
"You can't wreck something that's already wrecked!" Peter shouted back angrily.
"Hey, Peter, we're Spirit Bears," Cole reminded his friend. "Spirit Bears are strong, gentle, and kind."
Peter thought a moment. "You got mauled, so that proves they can get ticked off too.”
