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Introduction and Background “Ghost of Spirit Bear”, the sequel to “Touching Spirit Bear”, is about Cole coming back from the island after his sentence. He returns to Minneapolis to live a normal life of going to school. But his school is filled with gangs, violence, and drugs. When Peter gets beat up and a girl commits suicide, Cole realized that he needs to make something change in this school. So he started a movement to change everything. But if the students don’t take it seriously, there will be more bloodshed to come. Will Cole be able to overcome this?
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The theme of Touching Spirit Bear is that learning to control your anger is important. In the book, not only did Cole cause damage to Peter physically, but he also caused emotional
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