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* AbusiveParents: Had Cole had better parents, he wouldn't have been a VillainProtagonist for ''Touching Spirit Bear''.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: [[StartOfDarkness After Cole was tortured long enough, he gave up on being a good person]].
* CentralTheme: Loneliness and individuality, growth, understanding, wisdom, love, showing the beauty and friendships that can be found in even simplest of places.
* DisproportionateRetribution: This is how Cole encountered his StartOfDarkness. [[AbusiveParents Cole's father abused him]] and punished him unnecessarily.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: [[StartOfDarkness After Cole was tortured long enough, he gave up on being a good person]].
* CentralTheme: Loneliness and individuality, growth, understanding, wisdom, love, showing the beauty and friendships that can be found in even simplest of places.
* DisproportionateRetribution: This is how Cole encountered his StartOfDarkness. [[AbusiveParents Cole's father abused him]] and punished him unnecessarily.
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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: [[StartOfDarkness After Cole was tortured long enough, he gave up on being a good person]].
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Leaning more towards the idealistic end of the scale. That said, cynicism really does show with the characters flaws and mental problems as well as the hardships in their world. Its the morals, heart, and themes that makes his books more hopeful and optimistic.
* StartOfDarkness: It was due to what his father did that Cole became a criminal.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Cole Matthews sees his own parents to be monsters due to their lack of support for him in his childhood.
* VillainProtagonist: Cole Matthews stars as one in ''Touching Spirit Bear''. After he commits a crime and tries to kill someone who heard about his crime and tries to report him, he tries to seek redemption. Flashbacks reveal that his father idiotically [[DisproportionateRetribution punished him more than he needed to]].
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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Cole Matthews sees his own parents to be monsters due to their lack of support for him in his childhood.
* VillainProtagonist: Cole Matthews stars as one in ''Touching Spirit Bear''. After he commits a crime and tries to kill someone who heard about his crime and tries to report him, he tries to seek redemption. Flashbacks reveal that his father idiotically [[DisproportionateRetribution punished him more than he needed to]].
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Leaning more towards the idealistic end of the scale. That said, cynicism really does show with the characters flaws and mental problems as well as the hardships in their world. Its the morals, heart, and themes that makes his books more hopeful and optimistic.
* StartOfDarkness: It was due to what his father did that Cole became a criminal.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Cole Matthews sees his own parents to be monsters due to their lack of support for him in his childhood.
* VillainProtagonist: Cole Matthews stars as one in ''Touching Spirit Bear''. After he commits a crime and tries to kill someone who heard about his crime and tries to report him, he tries to seek redemption. Flashbacks reveal that his father idiotically [[DisproportionateRetribution punished him more than he needed to]].optimistic.
* StartOfDarkness: It was due to what his father did that Cole became a criminal.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Cole Matthews sees his own parents to be monsters due to their lack of support for him in his childhood.
* VillainProtagonist: Cole Matthews stars as one in ''Touching Spirit Bear''. After he commits a crime and tries to kill someone who heard about his crime and tries to report him, he tries to seek redemption. Flashbacks reveal that his father idiotically [[DisproportionateRetribution punished him more than he needed to]].
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* ''Literature/Touching Spirit Bear'' (2001)
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* AbusiveParents: Had Cole had better parents, he wouldn't have been a VillainProtagonist for ''Touching Spirit Bear''.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: [[StartOfDarkness After Cole was tortured long enough, he gave up on being a good person]].
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: [[StartOfDarkness After Cole was tortured long enough, he gave up on being a good person]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: This is how Cole encountered his StartOfDarkness. [[AbusiveParents Cole's father abused him]] and punished him unnecessarily.
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* StartOfDarkness: It was due to what his father did that Cole became a criminal.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Cole Matthews sees his own parents to be monsters due to their lack of support for him in his childhood.
* VillainProtagonist: Cole Matthews stars as one in ''Touching Spirit Bear''. After he commits a crime and tries to kill someone who heard about his crime and tries to report him, he tries to seek redemption. Flashbacks reveal that his father idiotically [[DisproportionateRetribution punished him more than he needed to]].
* StartOfDarkness: It was due to what his father did that Cole became a criminal.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Cole Matthews sees his own parents to be monsters due to their lack of support for him in his childhood.
* VillainProtagonist: Cole Matthews stars as one in ''Touching Spirit Bear''. After he commits a crime and tries to kill someone who heard about his crime and tries to report him, he tries to seek redemption. Flashbacks reveal that his father idiotically [[DisproportionateRetribution punished him more than he needed to]].
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Mikaelsen owned a male American black bear named Buffy for 26 years until the bears death in 2010. He wrote a few books that took inspiration from that bear including ''Touching Spirit Bear'' and its sequel ''Ghost of Spirit Bear''
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Mikaelsen owned a male American black bear named Buffy for 26 years until the bears bear's death in 2010. He wrote a few books that took inspiration from that bear including ''Touching Spirit Bear'' and its sequel ''Ghost of Spirit Bear''
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Ben Mikaelsen (born December 8th, 1952) is a Bolivian American writer of older children's literature.
Born in Bolivia to missionary parents. He wasn't sent to school until 4th grade. He attended Concordia College and Bernidji State University.
Mikaelsen owned a male American black bear named Buffy for 26 years until the bears death in 2010. He wrote a few books that took inspiration from that bear including ''Touching Spirit Bear'' and its sequel ''Ghost of Spirit Bear''
His books are about protagonist with lots of mental problems and are facing something difficult whether its at home or its about belonging and being seen as an outcast.
!! Works By Ben Mikaelsen
* ''Rescue Josh McGuire'' (1991)
* ''Sparrow Hawk Red'' (1993)
* ''Stranded'' (1995)
* ''Countdown'' (1996)
* ''Petey'' (1998)
* ''Touching Spirit Bear'' (2001)
* ''Red Midnight'' (2002)
* ''Tree Girl'' (2004)
* ''Ghost of Spirit Bear'' (2008)
* ''Jungle of Bones'' (2014)
!! Tropes Associated With His Work
* CentralTheme: Loneliness and individuality, growth, understanding, wisdom, love, showing the beauty and friendships that can be found in even simplest of places.
* SignatureStyle: His books usually feature a troubling protagonist who has flaws and problems. The person is usually seen as an outcast by almost everyone else.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCyncism: Leaning more towards the idealistic end of the scale. That said, cynicism really does show with the characters flaws and mental problems as well as the hardships in their world. Its the morals, heart, and themes that makes his books more hopeful and optimistic.
Born in Bolivia to missionary parents. He wasn't sent to school until 4th grade. He attended Concordia College and Bernidji State University.
Mikaelsen owned a male American black bear named Buffy for 26 years until the bears death in 2010. He wrote a few books that took inspiration from that bear including ''Touching Spirit Bear'' and its sequel ''Ghost of Spirit Bear''
His books are about protagonist with lots of mental problems and are facing something difficult whether its at home or its about belonging and being seen as an outcast.
!! Works By Ben Mikaelsen
* ''Rescue Josh McGuire'' (1991)
* ''Sparrow Hawk Red'' (1993)
* ''Stranded'' (1995)
* ''Countdown'' (1996)
* ''Petey'' (1998)
* ''Touching Spirit Bear'' (2001)
* ''Red Midnight'' (2002)
* ''Tree Girl'' (2004)
* ''Ghost of Spirit Bear'' (2008)
* ''Jungle of Bones'' (2014)
!! Tropes Associated With His Work
* CentralTheme: Loneliness and individuality, growth, understanding, wisdom, love, showing the beauty and friendships that can be found in even simplest of places.
* SignatureStyle: His books usually feature a troubling protagonist who has flaws and problems. The person is usually seen as an outcast by almost everyone else.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCyncism: Leaning more towards the idealistic end of the scale. That said, cynicism really does show with the characters flaws and mental problems as well as the hardships in their world. Its the morals, heart, and themes that makes his books more hopeful and optimistic.
