Touching Spirit Bear Chapter 4 Summary

  • Cole swims toward the nearest island and remembers back to all the Hearing Circle meetings he had to go to in order to get into the Circle Justice program. Let's flash back there with him, shall we?
  • There are elders and people that Cole knows from his life—like the judge on his case, his mother, his father, and even Peter Driscal (his victim).
  • Poor Peter walks into the room with a limp; the guy looks terrified of Cole when he enters the room. Can you blame him? This is the kid who beat him to a bloody pulp, after all.
  • In the meeting, they pass a feather around to express their concerns and thoughts for how to best handle Cole.
  • Cole's dad talks and says that he's going to make sure that Cole never acts out again. And then Peter talks and says that he's there because he is the victim. His speech is slow and he looks super nervous.
  • Even seeing what he's done, Cole isn't sorry—he still thinks that it's all Peter's fault for snitching on him.