"Touching Spirit Bear"




About this Book 

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Within Cole Matthews lies anger, rage, and hate. Cole has been stealing and fighting for years.  
This time he caught Peter Driscal in the parking lot and smashed his head against the sidewalk.  
Now, Peter may have permanent brain damage–and Cole is in the biggest trouble of his life. 

Cole receives a one-year banishment to a remote Alaskan island. There, he is mauled by a 
mysterious white bear of Native American legend.  Hideously injured, Cole waits for death. His 
thoughts shift from anger to humility. To survive, he must stop blaming others and take 
responsibility for his life.  Rescuers arrive to save Cole's body, but it is the attack of the Spirit 
Bear that may save his soul.


About this Author 

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Ben Mikaelsen won the International Reading Association Award, the Western Writers of America 
Spur Award, and many state Reader’s Choice awards. Ben and his wife, Melanie, live in a log 
cabin near Bozeman, Montana, with a 700-pound black bear they have adopted and raised for the 
last seventeen years.