Touching Spirit Bear

by Ben Mikaelsen

Paperback, 2002

LCC

Juv PZ7 M5926 2002

Collection

Description

After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.

Publication

New York: Scholastic, c2001

Notes

Napra Nautilus Award

Awards

Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2004)
Soaring Eagle Book Award (Nominee — 2006)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2004)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2004)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2003)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2004)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2003-2004)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Teen — 2006)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2004)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Winner — Grades 6-8 — 2004)
Nevada Young Readers' Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2003)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Teen — 2004)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — 2004)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2004)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Juvenile Books — 2002)
Evergreen Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2004)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2004)
South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee — Young Adult Book Award — 2004)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2002)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Middle School — 2002)
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