The main character, Cole Matthews, is a troubled boy who has been commiting crimes all of his life. His Mom never steps up for him and is always worrying how she looks. His father beats Cole every chance he gets. They are divorced and Cole has a very rough life at home. Cole beats up a boy named Peter Driscal because he ratted him out. Peter suffers serious brain damage and has trouble walking in a straight line. Cole gets sent to a detention center where he meets a wise Native named Garvy. Garvy tells him that he has a choice of jail or the circle justice program. He wants to do the circle justice program, but he has to earn their trust that sending him away to an Island off the coast of Alaska instead of jail is enough to change him. His first day he has an ancounter with a spirt bear, who mauls him leaving him with serious injuries with know one there to help him. You will have to read the book to find out what happens.
A paragraph from the book:" He stoood in his underwear and stared across the waters. The boat had brought him west from Drake. Now, with the afternoon sun setting behind him, he fixed his eyes on the first island to the east. He could swim island to island, stopping at each to warm up, eat, and sleep. Sooner or later there would be a passing boat to take him back to the main land. Nobody would ever find him, and nobody would ever tell him what to do again."
I recomend this book to anybody that likes adventure books and action books. I recomend it because the author made me want to keep reading and had alot of cliff hangers. The book is also unpredictable, you just never know whats going to happen.
Book review by: Nick Vonderhaar
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