Chapter 9 summary

Cole is still laying on the ground with a lot of pain. He sees a mother bird feeding the baby birds and says that if he was the mother bird he would just leave them, because he didn't owe them anything. He wanted the at.óow really much, because it protected him against the cold. Cole against sees the Spirit Bear and is worried that the bear might kill him. later, he sees a fallen trees and realizes that the baby birds were in there. He was curious what happened to the baby birds.

Chapter 8 summary

Cole then trows the spear to the bear. The bear was then on him very quick. It was a heavy battle and at the end the bear won and walked away. Cole was badly injured and he could only move his left arm and his head. After this he feels powerless and can't do anything.

Chapter 7 summary

Back at the island, Cole sees the Spirit Bear again. This time, he prepares a spear and finds a charred knife on the ground. When he was done, the bear was gone again. However, he finds a fish for dinner. The next day, he sees the Spirit Bear, when he was checking the tide level. He walked to it and whispered: ''you're dead.''

Chapter 6 summary

In this chapter, Cole again thinks back to the hearing circle. He and his father had an argument while Cole didn't had the feather. The Keeper gave the feather to Cole and he said that his father was lying. Cole passed     the feather on to his mom, but she is afraid to say something. Then the feather was given to Peter's mom and she told that Peter has now coordination and speech problems. Peter also wakes up screaming, because he has nightmares. She really wants that Cole's goes into jail. Then the feather was given to Peter and the only thing he said was:''I think someone should smash Cole's head against a sidewalk so he knows how it feels.''

Chapter 5 summary

While Cole was swimming, he realized he made a huge mistake. He wanted to get back to the land as quick as possible, because he got a leg cramp. When he was back on the land, he saw the white Spirit Bear. Cole wanted to kill it, because it had no right to stare at him. Then he looked around for some kind of weapon to kill the bear. But when he came back the Spirit Bear was gone. After he got back at his ''shelter'', he saw the at.óow laying on the grass. He thought again about the feather in the Circle and that he screamed to his father while he didn't have the feather in his hand.

Chapter 4 summary

In this chapter, Cole thinks back to the first Hearing Circle. A lot of people came, including his parents and Peter. The keeper tells about the healing of circle justice and holds a feather. The feather goes around and everyone who wants to may speak and say something.

Chapter 3 summary

While Cole is looking in the flames he thinks about his conversation with Garvey. In this flashback, Cole explains why he doesn't like his life. Then Garvey picked some ingredients and a cake. Cole says that the ingredients were awful, but the cake made out of those ingredients was okay. Then Garvey stood up and walked away. Back at the island, Cole swum towards other islands to find someone to pick him up.

Chapter 2 summary

Cole, Edwin and Garvey reached the island where Cole is going to live for Circle Justice. Edwin tells Cole that if he doesn't find any food nor anything to keep him warm then he will probably die, Cole doesn't matter too much, because he is planning to escape. Edwin also gives him an "at.óow''. He wants that Cole keeps care of it and that he will pass it on to someone else he trusts. After Garvey and Edwin had left, Cole was furious. He thought that he could better die then sleeping in the shelter Edwin and Garvey had prepared for him. So he put gas on the shelter and the supplies and burned it all.

Chapter 1 summary

In this chapter Cole (the main character) tells how he came in Alaska. He broke in a store, but his friend: Peter Driscal, reported him. Then after his parents got him out of trouble (as they always do) he beat Peter up very bad. This time Cole's parents didn't get him out of jail, because they divorced. When he was in jail not many persons visited him except Garvey, his probation officer. He gave him the idea to heal him not punish him by circle justice. He said that he really wanted that, but he only wanted to avoid jail.

TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR

This is my first blog and I hope you will enjoy it. It is about reading the book: Touching Spirit Bear. Written by Ben Mikaelson.