-Probation Officer p.10 = it is a official that supports children in jail. Usually, it visits a child daily and helps
him find a solution.
-Mustering p.79 = gathering
-Frantic p.94 = furious
-Irked p.134 = annoyed
-Squirmed p.134 = wriggle
-Tarp p.152 = a shelter of textile
-Numb p.154 = without feeling
-Redemption p. 157 = relief
-Solitary p. 158 = lonely
-Limping p. 161 = when you can't walk properly
-Ache p.165 = pain
-Prowling p.173 = creeping
-Soared p.181 = flew
-Chunks p.192 =pieces
-Trudged p.204 = lump along
-Leaky p.224 = a hole where liquids/things can go through
-Mesmerize p.230 = hypnotize, stare at something
-Harsh (blurb) = rude, cruel or unpleasant
-Race (biography) = breed
-Empazise (why I liked the book) = stress.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
What is a Spirit Bear?
Ben Mikaelsen biography
Ben Mickaelsen was born in La Paz in Bolivia on December the 8th in the year 1952. He didn't went to school until the fourth grade (that is what we call group 6). He was the one who got beaten up, because of its race. After a few years, he and his family moved to the united states. There he first got in the seventh grade. Ben Mickaelson knew he wanted to become a writer, but he didn't started doing it serious until his English teacher encouraged him. He started writing full-time when he was 32 years old. In his life, he became a sky diving champion, a pilot and taught himself how to swim. He also many awards like, the international Reading Association Award and the Western Writers' Golden Spur Award.
Why I liked the book
I liked the book, because you really empathized for Cole and Peter. The writer also made it very easy for me to visualize the story. He described the persons, animals and surroundings in much detail. For example, I really saw Cole fighting with the Spirit Bear. This is the first book when I really realized that books without pictures can also be a lot of fun to read.
Chapter 28 summary
In the beginning of this final chapter, Peter proposes that only Cole and him should go to the pond. When they arrived at the pond, Peter challenge Cole by saying he is scared of jail and Garvey. Peter hits Cole with his fists and challenge Cole to kill him. Cole denied that and he just doing nothing. When Peter finished hitting Cole, he sat down and cried. Then the Spirit Bear came and Peter was even more scared, but Cole calmed him down. Then they went back to camp. There Cole explains Peter what ''being invisible'' means and Peter understands. Cole also gives the at.óow to Peter. That was a big symbol to Peter and they went carving for 2 hours.
Chapter 27 summary
In this chapter, Peter annoys Cole by trowing mud on his sleeping, destroying the Spirit Bear Cole had carved and other things. However, Cole still offers Peter a totem pole and Peter accepts it. Then they also got an argument, because Peter didn't believe Cole saw the Spirit Bear. At the end of this chapter, Peter does something nice back: he carved the Spirit Bear back on the totem pole of Cole. First, Cole thought he was destroying it again, but then he wanted some lessons, because Peter fixed it so well.
Chapter 26 summary
Peter's parents decided to leave peter alone with Garvey and Cole, because they think it is safe enough. Peter still doesn't want to talk to Peter, but when Cole gives a candy bar to Peter, he eats it after it laid down on a rock for a minute. Then Garvey tells Cole how his father is trying to get him away from Cole's mom, but that Garvey would never let that happening. That night Cole had to sleep in a tent, because Peter is still scared of him. That morning they all go to the pond, but Cole is the only one who is going in it. He also carries the ancestors rock and rolls it down the hill. That night Peter isn't scared of Cole anymore and he lets Cole sleep in the shelter.
Chapter 25 summary
Cole and Edwin had an argument why Peter should stay on the island, but Cole convinced Edwin that Peter should come there. After a few days, Edwin came back but not alone. He brought Peter, Peter's parents and Garvey with him. Cole showed everything he had done on the island to heal, but he also explained that he can't heal until he helps peter to heal.
Chapter 24 summary
When Edwin comes again, Cole tells him that he did the dance of anger. He learned that he has to forgive people. Otherwise they will control you. Edwin then says that Cole has to help Peter or helping someone else, otherwise the pain will exist forever. This is also the reason why Garvey and Edwin help Cole so much. Then winter appears and Cole can't go to the pond and carry his ''ancestors''. But when it is Christmas, Cole has a little pine tree in his shelter. When Edwin once again visits Cole, he tells him that Peter committed suicide. Cole can't belief it and when Edwin visits Cole another time he tells Cole that Peter attempted suicide for the second time. Cole says that Peter has to come to the island and find hope.
Chapter 23 summary
Cole finally finds out how to be invisible. He has to clear his mind. He tries to clear his mind and the Spirit Bear appeared far down the shoreline. That evening, Cole wants to do the dance of anger. He screams and runs and kicks and cries. At the end, he falls down, because he is so exhausted.
Chapter 22 summary
In this chapter, Cole tries to be invisible with dirt and mudd to find the spirit bear, but he was sad, because he couldn´t found it. Cole also carved a wolf and a eagle in the totem
Chapter 21 summary
After four days being alone on the island, Edwin came back and saw that Cole had done well, because Cole already made a chair, a bed frame, a table and some furniture. After Edwin had left again, Cole finds a log. He was thinking of escaping with it, but he decided to make a totem out of it. Then Edwin came to see Cole again. Edwin is proud of Cole that he did not made a canoe out of the log.
Chapter 20 summary
Cole almost finished his shelter and Garvey and Edwin tell Cole that they are leaving tomorrow. So that night Cole prepares a special dinner for all of them. That night they dance the Spirit Bear dance, because Cole saw it that day. Before Garvey and Edwin left, Garvey gives a knife to Cole for hunting and to do other things.
Chapter 19 summary
After Edwin and Cole come back to the shelter after their bath and going up the mountain, Garvey sees a wolf and says that that is the animal for the dance tonight. Then when Garvey and Edwin are hungry Cole doesn't want to make dinner for them, but when they threaten by saying he is going back to Minneapolis Cole is back to work. After Garvey and Edwin went to bed, Cole did the wolf dance and learned that you need the help of others. The next morning, Cole has to go to the pond alone and carry his ancestors alone. After that he sees the Spirit Bear again.
Chapter 16 summary
Cole went back to the island. A lot of Cole's stuff was sold, because he had to pay back what he burned down. Garvey and Edwin staid with him for the first two days on the island to say how he should build his shelter. Then Edwin, Garvey and Cole had dinner.
Chapter 18 summary
When Edwin and Cole got back, Garvey had a fire going. Then Cole becomes a little irritated, because he had to do everything while Garvey and Edwin do nothing. After they ate three hamburgers, they started dancing, because everyone animal or emotion can teach us something. First, Cole didn't wanted to dance the whale dance. After the dance, they say what they have learned. The next morning, Edwin and Cole again have a bath in the pond. After that, Edwin gives Cole a stone and they climb the hill on the island. Edwin says that Cole has to pretend that the rock are his ancestors. When they are on the top of the hill Cole puts it down and Edwin says that the rock is now his anger and Cole pushes it off the mountain.
Chapter 17 summary
After a bad night for Cole, Edwin and Cole went early in the morning to go swimming in a pond. In the water, Edwin gives Cole a stick and let him pretend that the left part is it anger and the right part is it happiness. Edwin wants Cole to break his anger, but that is impossible. He says that you can only tame your anger and that you can't get rid of it.
Chapter 15 summary
In this chapter Cole explains why he broke the contract, then his mother explains how she feels that he has changed. At last Edwin talks and explains that Cole at least had a change in direction and not a fully change of Behavior. Edwin also asked Cole if he really saw a Spirit Bear or not. Cole answers yes and Edwin confirms it by saying his friend Bernie saw one close too the island too. After this meeting, there are a few meetings without Cole and after a few days Edwin and Garvey say that he got a second change to go to the Island.
Chapter 14 summary
Finally, after six months was Cole out of the hospital. His father didn't visit him once. However, his mother and some other people from the circle visited him. Cole didn't fully recover. He will never have it full use of its right arm. When Cole came out of the hospital he had to go to a detention center. There his mom visited and said sorry and said that she had stopped drinking. Then, they all got back to the Justice Circle and Cole was about to go to jail, because he broke the contract. while they were busy Edwin arrived. He took a seat and Cole had to explain why he broke the contract with the Circle.
Chapter 13 summary
The woman was a nurse named Rosey. She is the only nurse in Drake. When he was asleep, he got a nightmare. The people who were helping him like Garvey, edwin and his mother turned into monsters yelling:''You fool!''. He woke up and said: ''Garvey''. Rosey and Garvey heard that and they explained Cole that they help him, because then they help themselves. After that, Cole explains what really happened on the island and that he saw the Spirit Bear. He didn't show the hair that he had from the Spirit Bear, because that day he was done telling lies.
Chapter 12 part 2 summary
Cole was about dying, but luckily Gravey and Edwin found him laying there. They took him to a woman. She concluded that Cole was attacked by a bear.
Chapter 12 part 1 summary
However, the Spirit Bear walked away. Then Cole closed his eyes and saw himself as one of the baby birds. He wanted to fly, but all he could do was open his beak. Cole wanted to live, but he didn't know how. Suddenly, he felt a warm breath. It was the Spirit Bear that stood next to him. But the bear was just standing
bear walked to the shoreline and swim until Cole could not see him anymore.
Chapter 11 summary
Cole wanted to catch the mouse, so he squeezed the mouse. But when the mouse almost escaped he put it in his mouth and bit it. After some time, he saw the Spirit Bear again standing like a statue. Then it started moving towards Cole.
Chapter 10 summary
Cole is still laying on the ground. Then he spotted a clump of twigs close by him. It was the nest. unfortunately, he saw the four baby birds laying on the ground being dead. Cole then made a 'simple' decision he wanted to live. Then he needed food to live, so he eat grass, worms and even a few caterpillars. When he got unconscious and woke up, there were many mosquito's on his body and on his forearm a mouse.
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