Ghost of Spirit Bear

If you have read Spirit of Ghost Bear, this book must follow. It is a great read for all boys and especially for boys who may be in trouble with the law or heading that way. Even if not, it is still a great read. Even reading this book as a teacher, for a possible Accelerated Reading book, I did not want to put it down. Girls should be able to identify with the character too.

Touching Spirit Bear is about how a violent kid, and how he really changed and helped others to change too. Cole is banished to an Alaskan Island by himself for a whole year is an awe inspiring story. He had to build his own little house and survive on his own. He was checked on regularly by his case worker. He went from out of control delinquent to getting a handle on himself. Cole now tackles real life, being back in high school, dealing with large quantities of people again. It is a story about a high school gone wild. Bullying, suicide, vandalism and lack of respect, rather than getting an education are the themes at the high school. He realises bullying at schools has to stop. Cole starts to take steps to make a huge difference. If anyone has a child who is bullied or who is a bully this story is essential listening. Very inspirational and a great read for young adults.

This is the sequel to Touching Spirit Bear (rack). It is about how a violent kid really changed and helped others to change too after returning from being banished on an Alaskan island for a year. Very inspirational and a great read for young adults. Maybe not very realistic, but certainly nice fiction. It showed how a former bully dealt with being bullied himself and how he really made a difference in his school. I look forward to reading other books by this author who lives in Montana and has a pet bear! I recommend this book to anyone who likes reading inspirational books about teens and bullying but only after reading Touching Spirit Bear first to get the full impact of how much Cole changed.

"Touching Spirit Bear" and "Ghost of Spirit Bear" have made a reader of one of my students! He couldn't put them down and now is asking for more - and he said he hated reading! I really enjoyed them, too.

I am a teacher in 7th grade and have been teaching Touching Spirit Bear for several years to my classes. It is a story that they all have come to love and enjoy. The lessons and inspiration it provides is eye opening. I was excited to read the sequel since the 1st book doesn't reveal what happens to the two boys once they leave the island. I felt this story was a fitting sequel. Both boys have grown a great deal and you can see that in the sequel. The messages once again are a good one and deal with the difficulties a child faces in school. I especially felt the message to the administrators and staff of any school in this book is a powerful one. Too often teachers and administrators forget that students will embrace education only if they feel that the school they attend is a place of their own. This book really shows how students can make the school a part of their own. Students too often have no say in what happens in their education or their school. This story shows how students can be involved and it can have a positive impact. The only down side of this story is I felt it was mostly about the main character Cole. I would like to see another book that perhaps told things from Peter's perspective. The reason is we don't see that he has healed as much as the author wants you to believe. This a a good book and a sequel that any Touching Spirit Bear lover should read.