SSR - 10/23 Mrs. Buys - Mr. Kenealy - Zach Smith

I'm reading "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen. This is an enjoyable book to read. It's about a child named Cole that is really bad and gets into a lot of fights because he is abused at home. He has a lot of anger towards his father and he robbed a store. Another student named Peter told on him so he beat this kid up and that made the kid half retarded. Cole was threatened to either go to jail or spend a year by himself on an island. Cole chose the island to live on. Cole felt he was unable to be harmed and was so tough no one could ever harm him. I'm enjoying this book but it is very sad.