Monday, December 19, 2011

Ghost of Spirit Bear

by Ben Mikaelsen
Hennepin County Library audiobook 3:42
read by Jason Harris
genre: YA realistic fiction

The follow-up to Touching Spirit Bear, this story watches Cole and Peter return to their high school (Minneapolis Central) and try to live out their lives as changed individuals.

The mindless bullying and cruelty, indifference and ineptitude of the adults at the school, and Cole's recurrent bouts of anger got old fast. Not sure how many schools like this still exist, but it doesn't resemble anything I'm familiar with. The homeless guy was my favorite character, though we really don't get to know much about him. Keith's transformation was nice, but not very realistic.

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