Touching Spirit Bear

if we were just judging the first half of this book, the rating would be higher. the second half of this book really just irritated me, and made me wary of reading the sequel, which i have already purchased. oops. the first half is about an angry kid, taking out his rage on other people. he reminded......more

I read this book with my students during reading class and they really enjoyed it. I teach students with Intellectual Disabilities that are high school students, but are at an upper elementary reading level. This book was interesting to both my males and my females. One student enjoyed the book so m......more

Cole, a very generic juvenile delinquent from a very generic abusive family, is generically filled with rage and lies; he appears on course for a life perpetually in and out of prison, but then he gets drawn into the alternative Circle Justice system. Somehow this gets him shipped out to a remote is......more

Cole Matthews is a bully at school and repeat petty criminal and one day takes it too far when he brutally attacks another kid for snitching. Peter is left with life altering injuries and the prosecution is looking to try Cole as an adult to finally send him to prison. But Cole is given a unique opp......more

I love this book. No matter how many times I read it, I enjoy it each time. Cole is such a well-written character, and all that he goes through is incredible. This was the first year I actually got to teach the book and I'm glad. The students found his experiences horrific, and we were able to have......more