Nutmeg Book Award
2006 · Teen · Nominee
About This Book
Whatever you do to the animals, you do to yourself. Remember that.
At fifteen, Cole Matthews has been fighting and stealing for years. The punishment for smashing Peter Driscal's skull into the sidewalk—his most recent crime—is harsh. This time, Cole will have to choose between prison and Native American Circle Justice. He will live either behind bars or in isolation for one year.
Cole chooses Circle Justice. But in the first days of his banishment to a remote Alaskan island, he is mauled by a mysterious white bear and nearly dies. Will the attack of the spirit bear destroy Cole's life or save his soul?
At fifteen, Cole Matthews has been fighting and stealing for years. The punishment for smashing Peter Driscal's skull into the sidewalk—his most recent crime—is harsh. This time, Cole will have to choose between prison and Native American Circle Justice. He will live either behind bars or in isolation for one year.
Cole chooses Circle Justice. But in the first days of his banishment to a remote Alaskan island, he is mauled by a mysterious white bear and nearly dies. Will the attack of the spirit bear destroy Cole's life or save his soul?
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Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
2005 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Charlotte Award
2004 · Young Adult · Nominee
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
2004 · Young Adult · Nominee
Golden Archer Award
2004 · Middle/Junior High · Winner
Golden Sower Award
2004 · Young Adult · Winner
Iowa Teen Award
2004 · Young Adult · Nominee
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
2004 · Grades 6-8 · Winner
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2004 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2004 · Grades 6-8 · Winner
Young Reader's Choice Award
2004 · Intermediate/Grades 7-9 · Nominee
Beehive Award
2003 · Young Adult · Winner
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2003 · Grades 6-9 · Nominee
Nevada Young Readers' Award
2003 · Young Adult · Winner
Sequoyah Book Award
2003 · Young Adult · Nominee
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2003 · Young Adult · Nominee
Flicker Tale Children's Book Award
2002 · Juvenile · Winner
Nautilus Award
2002 · Young Adult · Winner
Texas Lone Star Reading List
2002 · Young Adult · Commended
Spur Award
2002 · Children-Y/A Fiction · Finalist
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