About this title: Set in the hills of rural West Virginia, this is the story of 11-year-old Marty Preston and the dog he sets out to rescue from its abusive owner. Although Marty knows better than to do battle with the foul-tempered Judd Travers, he is unable to stop himself when he discovers that the gentle but frightened beagle he found roaming in the woods has ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Yearling Books
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780440407522ISBN:0440407524
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. Audience: Children/juvenile. Nice used copy. Pages are clean with no markings. Personalized on inside front cover. Minor edgewear. read more
"The books starts when Marty goes on a walk and on his way back he finds a dog. Shiloh (the dog) follows him home. He knows he would get in trouble if the dog goes in his house so he left the dog outside. Then his dad ask who the dog is and Marty said it followed him from the Shiloh bridge. His dad said that it is probably Judd Traverse's new hunting dog and they need to take it back after dinner. Then a few days later he finds the dog again and Marty thinks Judd Traverse abuses Shiloh. Then Judd Traverse finds his dog at Marty's house and wants to take him home but he said they can have him till the dog gets better. Marty makes an agreement with Judd that he will work for him for 4 days 5 hours a day and Marty gets the dog. After he finished the job, Judd said he can't have the dog and takes him back. Then Marty and his dad tell Judd and how bad it is that he didn't keep the agreement. Judd takes Shiloh and then Judd looks back and sees how sad they are and lets Shiloh out of the car and Shiloh runs to them."
"In my opinion, this excellently built, tenderly rendered story rightfully takes its place alongside such classic dog novels as "Old Yeller" and "Sounder". Over the years Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has formed an impressive block of writing, many of which are truly exceptional novels, but Shiloh seems to rise up as her obvious crown jewel achievement. The powerful emotions of Marty are sharply, painfully realized and the injustices committed by Jed against the dog Shiloh burn deeply into the heart of the reader, so skillfully in fact as to incite to much anger even someone such as myself, who knew little about dogs and had certainly never owned one at the time that I read it. I loved this book, and the finished product is something of a gift, an absolutely beautiful and timeless gift, to young readers. Kids deserve to read this wonderful book. I can't imagine that there is anyone out there who will not find themselves positively enhanced by the richness of Shiloh's story."
"This 1992 winner of the Newbery Medal is about a Marty, an 11-year-old boy who falls in love with a dog. Problem is, the dog has an owner and that owner is not always nice to his dogs. What I liked most about this book was that by the end, the "bad guy" was not nearly as one-dimensional as he seemed in the first two-thirds of the story. I greatly enjoyed the performance of the reader, Peter MacNicol of TV's Ally McBeal and Numb3rs. I would recommend this book (in book or audio format) without hesitation, especially to kids who like dog stories. And unlike Where the Red Fern Grows and Old Yeller, this one is not a tear-jerker."
"Marty finds a runaway dog and he instantly falls in love. The dog has not run away without good reason; his owner, Judd Travers, disciplines his dogs by kicking them and starving them.
The dog is returned to his owner, but when the dog runs away again, Marty can't bear to send the dog, who Marty names Shiloh, back to such a life. Instead Marty hides Shiloh in the woods behind his house and tells what becomes a nest of lies to his parents, his friends, and the dog's owner.
Of course, Marty is soon found out and Judd Travers is determined to have the dog returned to him. But Marty catches Travers hunting deer out of season and at last has a way to obtain Shiloh for his own. As a part of the agreement, Marty goes to work for Travers. The two talk each day and Marty learns more of Travers. Gradually, they forge a relationship that enables them to get along."
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