For Touching Spirit Bear the plot was, a boy named Cole who had done a terrible action was sent to a isolated island to live for a couple months, on the island he need to find food shelter and resources. There was also a bear with him who attacked the boy and then went on to almost kill the boy, later on in the book they become more than mates and go on to change the boys character. In the Wind Tamer a boy named Archie Stringweed had had his 10th birthday coming up and got a mysterious gift from his godfather his overprotective mom demanded him not to open this gift as she feared what was inside. He then goes on to open the present and sees a coin with weird carvings on it, he thinks maybe this is the answer this is the story behind his parents