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Shiloh (Newbery Medal Book) Review

This was my daughters next pick off of the Newberry Awards list. Unfortunately, I am finding that some of the content of some of the books on the Newberry list are not quite appropriate for my daughter yet. I would never censor what she reads, but the subject matter is not appropriate for a seven-year old.

Fortunately, this was not one of those books. There were things we had to talk about such as the difference between the south during that era and now. Some of the language I had to explain. Not inappropriate, just not used anymore. As a seven-year old, she would have had trouble reading this book, even though she is an advanced reader. The dialect was best read aloud by an adult or older reader.

This is the story of a boy and his dog, or rather a boy and someone elses dog. Marty is an eleven-year old boy that enjoys wandering the wilderness around his family home. One day he finds a small beagle following him around. The beagle is obviously shy, but continues to follow Marty home. Marty gains his trust and they instantly form a bond. Unfortunately when Marty's Father gets home, he insists that they must return the dog to his owner. He suspects the dog belongs to Judd Travers, a local hunter.

They drive the dog to Judd Travers' house and he confirms the dog is his and gives him a great big kick for running off. Marty is horrified. He can't understand how anyone could treat a dog that way. His mind will not let him rest. He is continuously thinking of the dog he calls Shiloh.

Shiloh runs off again, and Marty finds him. This time he is determined to save him from Judd. He knows it is wrong to lie to his parents and keep the dog even though he belongs to someone else, but he can't let Shiloh go back. The lies eat at him daily. He hates lying.

The rest of the story is about the struggle Marty fights within himself. He knows there are wrongs on both sides...but how can he choose? I will leave the ending of the book out so as to not spoil it for you. I would highly recommend this book. It won the Newberry Award in 1992.

~Jenn

Shiloh (Newbery Medal Book) Feature

ISBN13: 9780689316142
Condition: New
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Shiloh (Newbery Medal Book) Overview

Eleven-year-old Marty Preston loves to spend time up in the hills behind his home near Friendly, West Virginia. Sometimes he takes his .22 rifle to see what he can shoot, like some cans lined up on a rail fence. Other times he goes up early in the morning just to sit and watch the fox and deer. But one summer Sunday, Marty comes across something different on the road just past the old Shiloh schoolhouses -- a young beagle -- and the trouble begins.

What do you do when a dog you suspect is being mistreated runs away and comes to you? When it is someone else's dog? When the man who owns him has a gun? This is Marty's problem, and he finds it is one he has to face alone. When his solution gets too big for him to handle, things become more frightening still. Marty puts his courage on the line, and discovers in the process that it is not always easy to separate right from wrong. Sometimes, however, you do almost anything to save a dog.

Shiloh (Newbery Medal Book) Specifications

When 11-year-old Marty Preston chances upon a mistreated beagle pup in his hometown of Friendly, West Virginia, he is not prepared for the ethical questions he has to face. Should he return the dog to its owner, only to have the animal abused again? Should he tell his parents? Should he steal food to help the poor creature? Marty's efforts to cope with these questions provides the moral backbone for this story, which is presented in a language and manner that will be understood by third- and fourth-grade readers. The heart and beauty of this 1992 Newbery Medal winner lies in lessons children will take away with them.

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Customer Reviews

My Kids Begged Me to Continue Reading... - Pam Tee -
What can I say. SHILOH is the book that had my children begging me to continue reading (boy and girl; 8 and 10). 'We don't need TV', they said, 'just don't stop reading, mommy'.

And I think they liked it because unlike many of the books we read this one had REAL tension emanating from the pages, and not just 'pretend' drama. The story is about Marty Preston, a 10 year-old living in rural West Virginia. I'm not sure of the timeframe, but Marty's family has a television and a fridge, but not a phone.

Marty's a boy, very much like my children, in that he REALLY wants a dog. Unfortunately, his family isn't in a position to afford one. BUT THEN one day he happens upon a lost beagle. The dog is skittish but eventually the two come together and it's more or less love at first sight. Only problem is that the dog belongs to another. A man name Judd, who it turns out abuses his hunting dogs -- much as he himself was abused as a child.

Judd takes 'Shiloh' back and Marty is disgusted. But then Shiloh escapes again and this time Marty resolves that he won't give him up, no matter what.

TALKING POINTS:::
SHILOH might sound like a typical boy-and-dog book, but it's not. And what sets it apart in my view is that in keeping his promise to the dog, Marty crosses all sorts of barriers of right-and-wrong. He lies, for example, even to his family and best friend, and even resorts to blackmail at one point. Something I don't think you see in most of your standard kid books. And it's these decisions, and the threat of being caught, that created the drama that hooked my children. And which served as the basis of more than one serious conversation as we discussed what Marty did that was questionable and what we would do.

Recommend this one as a good read.

Pam T~
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shiloh review - Jillian Schreffler -
I thought the book was pretty good and because the book was about a dog named Shiloh and a kid named Marty and he saved Shiloh from a guy that abuses Shiloh and his other dogs.

CGE Student Review - -
My favorite book is called Shiloh. The author of this book is Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Other books by this author are Shiloh's Season and Shiloh Runs. The genre of this book is fiction. The book theme is about a boy and a dog that fallowed the boy home one day.
The authors writing style is slow and calm. The main characters in Shiloh are Marty, Shiloh, Becky, Daralyn, Ma, and Dad. My favorite character in this book is Shiloh because Shiloh is a dog and I love animals.
The background information about Shiloh is that Shiloh has been abused by Judd Travers. That is why Shiloh ran away. The exciting and important scene in the beginning of this book is that Shiloh fallows Marty home.
A summary of the book Shiloh is one day Marty was walking in the woods and suddenly a dog was fallowing him home. Marty found out that the dog belongs to Judd Travers. So Marty and his dad took him back to Judd Travers. Marty learns that Shiloh has been abused by Judd. To find out how the book ends you are going to have to read it.
I recommend this book to people who like to read sad books with a happy ending. I like to read this book because it is fun and exciting just like when you get a new puppy. That is why Shiloh is my favorite book.

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