He wanted to leave the island by swimming away, but the time he was swimming at was the high tide time, so the more he swam, an imaginary hand would push him back to where he had started.
The island in the book "Touching Spirit Bear" is called Drake Island. It is a fictional island located in Southeast Alaska.
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Rosey is the nurse from a nearby island
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Ketchikan, Alaska
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The setting is a remote Island of Alaska.
Cole Matthews spent most of his time on a fictional island called Drake in the book 'Touching Spirit Bear'.
In chapter 13 of Touching Spirit Bear, Cole is with Nurse Rosey in the city of Drake, but is unable to get to a hospital. He tells of a story of a real spirit bear that he saw on the island, but no one will believe him.
Cole kills a small black bear in the book "Touching Spirit Bear".