touching spirit bear

the book touching spirit bear by Ben Mikaelsen. this book talks about a boy name Cole Matthews hes been fighting and stealing from people for years until one day a kid named peter driscal told the police about Cole stealing. Cole told peter that he was dead when he saw him in the hallway when school was over wen peter was walking home and Cole trapped him in the school parking lot. Cole beat and smashed his head into the side walk. now peter suffers brain damage and Cole has to deal with a one year banishment on a remote Alaskan island. when Cole is on the island he try's to swim away but the icy water and huge waves lead him right where he started. so cole gives up on the swimming and burns down his little cabin and sees a bear he trys to attack it and it mauls him the rescuers save his live just in time but what little he knows the attack by the spirit bear may of saved his soul.