Zach Smith - Mr. Kenealy (Ms. Buys) SSR 11/5

I'm continuing to read the story "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen. Cole who has been abused and tormented other people is now being tormented by a Spirit Bear on a deserted island. Cole has no food to eat so he has to find a way to survive. He eats a mouse and other gross things but is basically starving. He realizes the bear isn't going to kill him even though it's fought with him a lot. Cole is beginning to realize that if he is ever going to live through this, he needs to change the way he treats people. Even though he's been abused, it's not right for him to have beaten the boy up from school. Cole continues his stuggle on the island.