 Author Ben Mikaelsen, has won the International Reading Association Award and the Western Writer's Golden Spur Award. In addition, his novels have won many state Reader's Choice awards. These novels include Rescue Josh McGuire, Sparrow Hawk Red, Stranded, Countdown, Petey, Touching Spirit Bear, Red Midnight, Tree Girl and Ghost of Spirit Bear. His novels, Rescue Josh McGuire, Petey and Touching Spirit Bear have also been optioned for screen use.Ben's articles and photos have appeared in numerous magazines around the world. His novels have been carried by Scholastic and Troll book fairs, and are recorded on unabridged audio tape with recorded books. Recently Ben was featured nationally on Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures and also on German national TV. Ben lives in a log cabin near Bozeman, Montana, with a 750 pound black bear that he adopted and has raised for the last twenty five years. His website: http://www.benmikaelsen.com/about_ben.html |
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
My opinion
Personally, I like the book, but in the beginning I found the book quite difficult. But later one I started to understand the story. When I got in to the book I really loved the story. I like the idea that the main character is going to a whole process of going to the right path. Also I like how animals play a big role in this book.
I surely would recommend this book to other people!!!
Personally, I like the book, but in the beginning I found the book quite difficult. But later one I started to understand the story. When I got in to the book I really loved the story. I like the idea that the main character is going to a whole process of going to the right path. Also I like how animals play a big role in this book.
I surely would recommend this book to other people!!!
What is a Spirit Bear?
They call spirit bears the blonde brown bears. Spirit bears are way better in catching fish than black bears, that is because of their coat, the fish won´t see them.
Because of their spirit like appearance they are called spirit bears but their actual name is the kermode bear.
Spirit bears have a big role in stories and legends of Canadian First Nations and Native Americans.
They call spirit bears the blonde brown bears. Spirit bears are way better in catching fish than black bears, that is because of their coat, the fish won´t see them.
Because of their spirit like appearance they are called spirit bears but their actual name is the kermode bear.
Spirit bears have a big role in stories and legends of Canadian First Nations and Native Americans.
New words
- rotted (p.7):the process of decaying.
- denied(p.7) :state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of.
-cowering(p.7): crouch down in fear.
- delinquent (p. 8): (typically of a young person) tending to commit crime, particularly minor crime.
- freed (p.8): able or permitted to take a specified action.
- convicted (p.9): declare (someone) to be guilty of a criminal offence by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law.
- squirm (p.9) : wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort.
- starch (p.10): an odourless, tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue and obtained chiefly from cereals and potatoes. It is a polysaccharide which functions as a carbohydrate store and is an important constituent of the human diet.
- wallow(p.14): roll about or lie in mud or water, especially to keep cool or avoid biting insects.
- reluctantly (p.15):unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.
-grudgingly (p.15):given or allowed only reluctantly or resentfully.
- obediently (p.16):complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another’s authority.
-dignity (p.18): the state or quality of being worthy of honour or respect.
- revoked (p.22): officially cancel (a decree, decision, or promise).
- squat(p.24):unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building or settle on a piece of land.
- parole (p.26):the temporary or permanent release of a prisoner before the expiry of a sentence, on the promise of good behaviour.
-bulletin (p.37):a short official statement or broadcast summary of news.
-conjure (p.42): cause (a spirit or ghost) to appear by means of a magic ritual.
- tilt (p.44):move or cause to move into a sloping position.
- billowy (p.44):a large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam.
- rotted (p.7):the process of decaying.
- denied(p.7) :state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of.
-cowering(p.7): crouch down in fear.
- delinquent (p. 8): (typically of a young person) tending to commit crime, particularly minor crime.
- freed (p.8): able or permitted to take a specified action.
- convicted (p.9): declare (someone) to be guilty of a criminal offence by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law.
- squirm (p.9) : wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort.
- starch (p.10): an odourless, tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue and obtained chiefly from cereals and potatoes. It is a polysaccharide which functions as a carbohydrate store and is an important constituent of the human diet.
- wallow(p.14): roll about or lie in mud or water, especially to keep cool or avoid biting insects.
- reluctantly (p.15):unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.
-grudgingly (p.15):given or allowed only reluctantly or resentfully.
- obediently (p.16):complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another’s authority.
-dignity (p.18): the state or quality of being worthy of honour or respect.
- revoked (p.22): officially cancel (a decree, decision, or promise).
- squat(p.24):unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building or settle on a piece of land.
- parole (p.26):the temporary or permanent release of a prisoner before the expiry of a sentence, on the promise of good behaviour.
-bulletin (p.37):a short official statement or broadcast summary of news.
-conjure (p.42): cause (a spirit or ghost) to appear by means of a magic ritual.
- tilt (p.44):move or cause to move into a sloping position.
- billowy (p.44):a large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam.
Short summary of the chapters
Chapter 1
Cole Matthews, 15 years old, has half of his life been breaking the laws. Now he is applying for the Circle of Justice to keep him out of jail.
Chapter 2
Cole is finally on the island where he has to live for a year. Garvey and Edwin are going to this process with Cole. When Cole is left alone anger takes over and he burns down his cabin and supplies.
Chapter 3
Cole has lost control as he was watching the cabin burning. After the shelter was gone Cole is trying to escape. He wants to swim to another island where nobody can find him.
Chapter 4
Cole gets a flash back of the first Hearing Circle. He met the Keeper before the Circle starts. During this circle Cole sees for the first time Peter after he had beaten him up. Peter has serious damage to his back, but Cole only wanted to make sure he didn't go to jail.
Chapter 5
Cole has burned all the supplies and the cabin. He tried to escape, but the water was to cold and the tide wasn't the right way, because it drove him straight back to the island. When Cole woke up the next morning he saw for the first time the Spirit Bear. When Cole didn't look for a moment it disappeared.
Chapter 6
Cole is planning his escape again. He wants to leave again tomorrow morning when the tide pushes him out of the bay. He thinks back at the moment the Cicle decides that Cole has to be banished to Alaska.
Chapter 7
Cole saw the Spirit Bear again but when he turned his back to bear to search for his spear the bear disappeared again. After a few hours it came back and Cole ran to the bear with his spear, convinced that the bear would leave, but the bear stayed on his place, like it was part of the landscape.
Chapter 8
Cole got in a fight with the Spirit Bear. Cole is very badly wounded. His arm and pelvis are broken and he has very deep wounds on his arm and chest. When the bear let go and Cole lay there he realised being on this island is living his worst nightmare.
Chapter 9
Cole is finally beginning to see that he had never controlled anything. He realised this because this afternoon he was irritated by baby sparrows in a tree near him. But the tree fell in the heavy storm. Cole gathered all his strengt to see if the baby sparrows were okay, but they weren´t.
Chapter 10
Cole made the decision that he didn´t want to die yet, but he has to eat. So he is doing everything to survive, and he being eaten by mosquitos and mugs. He is asking himself where the at.oow the blanket Garvey gave to him as a sign of trust.
Chapter 11
Cole is using all his power to find some food and keep the seagulls away from him. In the evening the Spirit Bear showed up again. Cole didn´t like the fact he couldn´t protect himself.
Chapter 12
The day after Cole saw the Spirit Bear again he didn´t feel such a terror as the night before. Cole felt he was dying so he touched the Spirit Bear just to know how a bear felt. When Cole was on the edge of dying Edwin ( the Tlingit elderly) and Garvey rescued him.
Chapter 13
Cole is brought to a hospital and Garvey stayed with him. His mother visited him next day. Then he heard that his father was arrested. Cole decided he would change his life from this moment on.
Chapter 14
Six months later Cole returned to the detention centre. Everyone is saying he has to go to jail, but the Hearing Circle continues. When they meet they all say how disappointed they are in Cole.
Chapter 15
The Hearing Circle continues meeting without Cole. Edwin is going for cole to the meetings. When Garvey and Edwin came on a day visit Cole in the detention centre they announced that Cole could go back to the island. Only this time he he has to sell his belongings for money for supplies and he has to built his own shelter.
Chapter 16
After a month of preparations Cole is finally going back to the island. Garvey and Edwin will stay with im for a few days to give him tips for building the cabin.
Chapter 17
When cole after a lot of tossing and turning finally fell sleep. Edwin wakes him up quite early. They went to a little pond the pool was really cold. In the pond cole gets a lesson of Edwin that he has to look at the happy things in life and not being angry all the time.
Chapter 18
That evening cole was proud of what he managed to do today. In the evening they danced the whale dance because they saw a whale today. The dances are to show what you have learned from the animal you saw. The next day they went again to the pond. After the pond Cole has to carry a rock, who represents his ancestors. Once he carried the rock up the hill the rock turned into his anger and then he has to push it down the hill to push his anger away.
Chapter 19
After the fight with Edwin and Garvey, Cole has to dance the wolf dance alone. But he did it. The next morning he has to go alone to the pond. In the pond Cole finds out why it helps to sit there. After that he carried the rock up the hill. Cole didn´t look forward but backwards to see how far he got, and then he shook off his anger.
Chapter 20
The evening before Garvey and Edwin left they danced the Spirit Bear dance, because Cole might have seen the Spirit Bear again. The next day the three men went together to the pond and walked up the hill. after Garvey explained some things about the cabin it was time to leave.
Chapter 21
The first day he was alone Cole didn´t go to the pond because he hadn´t slept good. But that day he felt very angry. He found a log and he is going to make a totum pole. Next day Edwin visited him and cole asked why they mde totum poles. He said it is the story to of life.
Chapter 22
Cole is going to search for the Spirit Bear becuase he hadn´t seen him anymore. That night he tried to danced the dance of anger but he only felt awkward about it. When he went that night to bed he had two quetsions: What was the one thing that would help him heal? And how could he become invisible to see the Spirit Bear?
Chapter 23
When Cole woke up he knew how to be invisible, and then he saw the Spirit Bear again. That night he was ready to dance the dance of anger. He imaged the time he was for the first time on the island. He danced half night.
Chapter 24
Cole has had tough months because it was winter and it was to cold to do anything. When Edwin came he told that it was getting worse with Peter. He tried to commit suicide. Cole knew how to help Peter, but Edwin didn´t want to listen. Edwin came back the other day and Cole told him his idea.
Chapter 25
Edwin said it wasn´t possible to bring Peter to the island, but after two weeks they came, Peter and his parents, Garvey and Edwin. Cole told the group how he was changed and what he has done on the island so far.
Chapter 26
Peter didn´t want to talk to Cole. Cole had to sleep in a leaping tent, but one night it rained so hard that Peter came outside to invite Cole inside.
Chapter 27
Peter is very mean to Cole. he destroyed the Spirit Bear on Cole Totums pole. After that they found a log for Peter too. Peter wanted to be alone so Garvey and Cole went hiking. When they returned Peter had made a new Spirit Bear for Cole.
Chapter 28
After Peter had beaten up Cole he told Cole he was very scared. They became invisable and saw the spirit bear. Cole passed the at.oow to Peter as a sign of trust. and then they carved together something in Cole´s totum pole.
Cole Matthews, 15 years old, has half of his life been breaking the laws. Now he is applying for the Circle of Justice to keep him out of jail.
Chapter 2
Cole is finally on the island where he has to live for a year. Garvey and Edwin are going to this process with Cole. When Cole is left alone anger takes over and he burns down his cabin and supplies.
Chapter 3
Cole has lost control as he was watching the cabin burning. After the shelter was gone Cole is trying to escape. He wants to swim to another island where nobody can find him.
Chapter 4
Cole gets a flash back of the first Hearing Circle. He met the Keeper before the Circle starts. During this circle Cole sees for the first time Peter after he had beaten him up. Peter has serious damage to his back, but Cole only wanted to make sure he didn't go to jail.
Chapter 5
Cole has burned all the supplies and the cabin. He tried to escape, but the water was to cold and the tide wasn't the right way, because it drove him straight back to the island. When Cole woke up the next morning he saw for the first time the Spirit Bear. When Cole didn't look for a moment it disappeared.
Chapter 6
Cole is planning his escape again. He wants to leave again tomorrow morning when the tide pushes him out of the bay. He thinks back at the moment the Cicle decides that Cole has to be banished to Alaska.
Chapter 7
Cole saw the Spirit Bear again but when he turned his back to bear to search for his spear the bear disappeared again. After a few hours it came back and Cole ran to the bear with his spear, convinced that the bear would leave, but the bear stayed on his place, like it was part of the landscape.
Chapter 8
Cole got in a fight with the Spirit Bear. Cole is very badly wounded. His arm and pelvis are broken and he has very deep wounds on his arm and chest. When the bear let go and Cole lay there he realised being on this island is living his worst nightmare.
Chapter 9
Cole is finally beginning to see that he had never controlled anything. He realised this because this afternoon he was irritated by baby sparrows in a tree near him. But the tree fell in the heavy storm. Cole gathered all his strengt to see if the baby sparrows were okay, but they weren´t.
Chapter 10
Cole made the decision that he didn´t want to die yet, but he has to eat. So he is doing everything to survive, and he being eaten by mosquitos and mugs. He is asking himself where the at.oow the blanket Garvey gave to him as a sign of trust.
Chapter 11
Cole is using all his power to find some food and keep the seagulls away from him. In the evening the Spirit Bear showed up again. Cole didn´t like the fact he couldn´t protect himself.
Chapter 12
The day after Cole saw the Spirit Bear again he didn´t feel such a terror as the night before. Cole felt he was dying so he touched the Spirit Bear just to know how a bear felt. When Cole was on the edge of dying Edwin ( the Tlingit elderly) and Garvey rescued him.
Chapter 13
Cole is brought to a hospital and Garvey stayed with him. His mother visited him next day. Then he heard that his father was arrested. Cole decided he would change his life from this moment on.
Chapter 14
Six months later Cole returned to the detention centre. Everyone is saying he has to go to jail, but the Hearing Circle continues. When they meet they all say how disappointed they are in Cole.
Chapter 15
The Hearing Circle continues meeting without Cole. Edwin is going for cole to the meetings. When Garvey and Edwin came on a day visit Cole in the detention centre they announced that Cole could go back to the island. Only this time he he has to sell his belongings for money for supplies and he has to built his own shelter.
Chapter 16
After a month of preparations Cole is finally going back to the island. Garvey and Edwin will stay with im for a few days to give him tips for building the cabin.
Chapter 17
When cole after a lot of tossing and turning finally fell sleep. Edwin wakes him up quite early. They went to a little pond the pool was really cold. In the pond cole gets a lesson of Edwin that he has to look at the happy things in life and not being angry all the time.
Chapter 18
That evening cole was proud of what he managed to do today. In the evening they danced the whale dance because they saw a whale today. The dances are to show what you have learned from the animal you saw. The next day they went again to the pond. After the pond Cole has to carry a rock, who represents his ancestors. Once he carried the rock up the hill the rock turned into his anger and then he has to push it down the hill to push his anger away.
Chapter 19
After the fight with Edwin and Garvey, Cole has to dance the wolf dance alone. But he did it. The next morning he has to go alone to the pond. In the pond Cole finds out why it helps to sit there. After that he carried the rock up the hill. Cole didn´t look forward but backwards to see how far he got, and then he shook off his anger.
Chapter 20
The evening before Garvey and Edwin left they danced the Spirit Bear dance, because Cole might have seen the Spirit Bear again. The next day the three men went together to the pond and walked up the hill. after Garvey explained some things about the cabin it was time to leave.
Chapter 21
The first day he was alone Cole didn´t go to the pond because he hadn´t slept good. But that day he felt very angry. He found a log and he is going to make a totum pole. Next day Edwin visited him and cole asked why they mde totum poles. He said it is the story to of life.
Chapter 22
Cole is going to search for the Spirit Bear becuase he hadn´t seen him anymore. That night he tried to danced the dance of anger but he only felt awkward about it. When he went that night to bed he had two quetsions: What was the one thing that would help him heal? And how could he become invisible to see the Spirit Bear?
Chapter 23
When Cole woke up he knew how to be invisible, and then he saw the Spirit Bear again. That night he was ready to dance the dance of anger. He imaged the time he was for the first time on the island. He danced half night.
Chapter 24
Cole has had tough months because it was winter and it was to cold to do anything. When Edwin came he told that it was getting worse with Peter. He tried to commit suicide. Cole knew how to help Peter, but Edwin didn´t want to listen. Edwin came back the other day and Cole told him his idea.
Chapter 25
Edwin said it wasn´t possible to bring Peter to the island, but after two weeks they came, Peter and his parents, Garvey and Edwin. Cole told the group how he was changed and what he has done on the island so far.
Chapter 26
Peter didn´t want to talk to Cole. Cole had to sleep in a leaping tent, but one night it rained so hard that Peter came outside to invite Cole inside.
Chapter 27
Peter is very mean to Cole. he destroyed the Spirit Bear on Cole Totums pole. After that they found a log for Peter too. Peter wanted to be alone so Garvey and Cole went hiking. When they returned Peter had made a new Spirit Bear for Cole.
Chapter 28
After Peter had beaten up Cole he told Cole he was very scared. They became invisable and saw the spirit bear. Cole passed the at.oow to Peter as a sign of trust. and then they carved together something in Cole´s totum pole.
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