When Marty Preston comes across a young beagle in the hills behind his home, it's love at first sight9 and also big trouble. It turns out the dog, ...
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Jul 12, 2008
Agreenhouse
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As a fourth grade teacher, I make it my business to read many of the books that sit on my classroom's shelves. Although I am sometimes embarassed to whip out an obvious childish book when I'm sitting on the subway, I must admit I am rarely disappointed with the level of the literature I discover. I have read so much adult literature that is just plain awfully written or simply just plain, but most literature written for children has grace and a unique voice. Of course, since Shiloh won the Newbe
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Nov 22, 2008
Lana
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"When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and mistreat dogs."
Overall, this was an unbelievable book! You could really feel Marty's conflict. This book shows that sometimes rules need to be broken or changed in order to do the right thing. Marty's love for Shiloh came through touchingly throughout the book. As a reader, More...
Overall, this was an unbelievable book! You could really feel Marty's conflict. This book shows that sometimes rules need to be broken or changed in order to do the right thing. Marty's love for Shiloh came through touchingly throughout the book. As a reader, More...
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Dec 09, 2011
Sara
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1. Genre: Junior Book/Contemporary Realism
2. Summary: While playing in the fields near his home one day, Marty Preston comes across an adorable and loving beagle. What Marty quickly learns is that this beagle belongs to the aggressive and abusive Judd Travers. Marty must decide whether his secret is worth causing trouble between Judd and his family. Follow along as Marty must struggle with what he knows is the right thing to do, even if others may think it is wrong.
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2. Summary: While playing in the fields near his home one day, Marty Preston comes across an adorable and loving beagle. What Marty quickly learns is that this beagle belongs to the aggressive and abusive Judd Travers. Marty must decide whether his secret is worth causing trouble between Judd and his family. Follow along as Marty must struggle with what he knows is the right thing to do, even if others may think it is wrong.
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Dec 20, 2008
Jackie
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Much more than a story about a boy and his dog...Shiloh is a story of compassion, determination and struggling with stretching the truth to accomplish a goal that is character worthy. Is omitting information the same as lying, especially if it prevents abuse? Marty Preston, 11, finds a beagle in the woods behind his house one day. When he realizes it belongs to Judd Travers, his heart drops because he knows Judd is mean and abusive to his animals. When the dog comes back the second time, Marty s
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Nov 20, 2008
Sam
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Shiloh is about a boy named Marty that falls in love with an abused dog named Shiloh. The dog belongs to Judd Travers, he is a man that does not care about his dogs and only treats them as hunting dogs. One day, Shiloh came to Marty’s house and so he let Shiloh stay with him. He built him a pen and feed him his food. He did a great job of keeping a secret from his family and friends. Until one day a German Shepard fought Shiloh and torn his ear and leg. Marty and his dad took him to the doctor w
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Dec 06, 2011
This book is a heart warming tale of when Marty and eleven year old boy finds this dog Shiloh who has been abused and mistreated. His father then tells him that he must return the dog to the rightful owner. When it comes down to it he must decide whether to be truthful and return the dog or lie and keep him. He returns the dog once but when Shiloh turns up a sceond time aboused, mistreade and malnurished Marty cannot in good consious send him back. He hides the dog in the woods until he is dicov
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Nov 20, 2011
Corinne
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May 03, 2011
Emily
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Shiloh has always been one of my favorite children's books. The language is regional but not difficult to read in the way that Huckleberry Finn is; the main theme of animal abuse is powerful and thought-provoking; the characters are realistic and interesting; and the plot is difficult to find because it isn't important. Naylor's story is driven by its characters, so that the story is more day-in-the-life than specifically plotted. For Shiloh, this works. You find yourself sucked in from the firs
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Jan 21, 2011
Jill
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Apr 22, 2010
Tony
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Shiloh – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Grade: 3-5
Pages: 128
Theme: Animals Abuse, Morals
Awards: Newbery Medal (1992), Texas Bluebonnet Award (1994), Grand Canyon Reader Award for Intermediate Book (1994), Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award 1994 Youth (1994)
Genre: Realistic Fiction, Chapter book
Response: I originally read an excerpt while working in another class with an ELL, and had never heard of the book before that. It seemed inte More...
Grade: 3-5
Pages: 128
Theme: Animals Abuse, Morals
Awards: Newbery Medal (1992), Texas Bluebonnet Award (1994), Grand Canyon Reader Award for Intermediate Book (1994), Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award 1994 Youth (1994)
Genre: Realistic Fiction, Chapter book
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Oct 16, 2009
I read a book called Shiloh. This book is by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. This book is about a dog named Shiloh and a boy named Marty. Shiloh was abused by a man named Jud Travers. Marty found Shilowh with many bruises on his body. Shiloh was scared to approach him. After Marty got ahold of Shiloh, he wanted to find out who abused Shiloh. Later Marty told his dad he found a dog. Marty’s parents didn’t want him to keep Shiloh. I think they should because they live on a farm.
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Sep 24, 2009
katelynn
this little boy was 11 and his name is marty he found a little dog that was hungry and you could see his ribs and his bones sticking out. he built a cage for it on a moutain and feed him his diner and breakfast. the dog owner was looking for him and when he got to marty house he said that he did not see the dog in his yard but it was a big lie. the owner name was Judd Traver he was so mean to his dogs he didn't even name his dogs all he called them was dog 1 dog 2 and that what he More...
this little boy was 11 and his name is marty he found a little dog that was hungry and you could see his ribs and his bones sticking out. he built a cage for it on a moutain and feed him his diner and breakfast. the dog owner was looking for him and when he got to marty house he said that he did not see the dog in his yard but it was a big lie. the owner name was Judd Traver he was so mean to his dogs he didn't even name his dogs all he called them was dog 1 dog 2 and that what he More...
Mar 24, 2009
Viviana
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One morning a boy named Marty found a dog that was very hurt with severe bruices. the dog was really scared and wouldn't let marty touch him. when marty left, the dog was following him to his house. When he got home he and his family found out that the dog was abused. later on the owner found out that he was in the hands of that family so the owner came to get his dog back. after a while, shiloh came back to marty's house, so he decided to hide the dog. Dad finds out and wants to give the dog ba
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Feb 23, 2011
L11_Laura
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I listened to this book on CD. This is book is about a young boy who finds a mistreated beagle. Upon bringing him home, he names his new-found friend Shiloh. Unfortunately the boy's dad knows who the beagle's owner is, and makes the boy return the dog. The young boy is devastated because the owner abuses most of the animals he owns, and the boy's heart breaks upon returning Shiloh. Determined to get Shiloh back, the boy goes through many situations where he must question himself and the morals a
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Oct 11, 2009
Josiah
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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.
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Feb 05, 2012
Jessi
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Shiloh was a really good book. Most books with dogs the dog ends up dead but this one Shiloh survives a brutal attack and abuse throughout the story. That was my favorite part about the book. It was really sad when Shiloh is being abused and Marty isn't able to save his favorite dog from Judd Travers and has to keep returning him to his owner. But than Shiloh escapes from Judd and comes to Marty and Marty takes care of him for a while. But the mean neighbor dog beats Shiloh up really bad. I almo
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Nov 06, 2011
Lindsay
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Shiloh is an excellent realistic fiction book and very deserving of the Newbery award. Marty Pretson, a young eleven year old boy, is faced with moral issues when a beagle follows him home one day. He realizes that the dog belongs to Judd Travers a man that treats his hunting dogs very poorly. Marty Preston quickly decides to steal the dog, which he names Shiloh, and hide him out from his family. Marty tries to do everything it takes to keep Shiloh including working for Judd Travers. While
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May 06, 2011
Corwin
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I think that this book was very inspiring.
Marty Preston tries to save an abused, kicked and beaten dog from the owner Judd Travers. As he is trying to keep the dogs appearance secret, his Ma soon finds out his secret when she follows him up to the pen that Marty built for him. A few days after the dog has been discovered, Marty goes exploring in the woods when he comes acroos a dog with a hole in his head from a bullet. that night a German shepard comes and leaves Shiloh almost dead. More...
Marty Preston tries to save an abused, kicked and beaten dog from the owner Judd Travers. As he is trying to keep the dogs appearance secret, his Ma soon finds out his secret when she follows him up to the pen that Marty built for him. A few days after the dog has been discovered, Marty goes exploring in the woods when he comes acroos a dog with a hole in his head from a bullet. that night a German shepard comes and leaves Shiloh almost dead. More...
Nov 16, 2009
Leslie
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3rd- 6th grades
Naylor out a lot of advanced vocabulary in this book I think that it is more advanced than a lot of the other chapter books geared towards this age group. The chapters are a little longer which keeps the children reading a little longer to finish the chapter. The text is still a little large but there is not very much spacing between the words which will take the children a little longer to read. The pages are fuller with text and the story is written in first person whic More...
Naylor out a lot of advanced vocabulary in this book I think that it is more advanced than a lot of the other chapter books geared towards this age group. The chapters are a little longer which keeps the children reading a little longer to finish the chapter. The text is still a little large but there is not very much spacing between the words which will take the children a little longer to read. The pages are fuller with text and the story is written in first person whic More...
Dec 25, 2011
Ann
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I liked this book more than I thought I would going into it. Like many people, I sometimes have a hard time with mushy books about dogs. This book, though most of the external action revolved around the dog, was really less about an animal and more about ethical decisions, and about the hard truths behind growing up and realizing that not everything in the world is black and white. A lot of award winning books seem to boil down to "and then he realized that the world is a complicated place
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Jan 07, 2010
Carlos
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This book is about a boy named marty who one day went out went out and found a dog in the hills behind his house. He wondered who owned this dig. So he took him for a walk and then decided to name him "Shiloh"so when he was going to walk through a small bridge with Shiloh when he was in the middle of the bridge and looked back Shiloh hadn't even steeped a foot into the bridge.so he wondered why?.... then when they were going back home he told Shiloh to stay outside.when he went inside
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Apr 13, 2011
Charles
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Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor "Shiloh" is a John Newberry Gold Medal Winner. This a power story written through the eyes Marty Preston, a young boy, who live in the country and while out walking down the dirt road one day, comes across a beagle. At first Marty isn't sure what the beagle is up too but soon the little dog is following Marty. When it is discovered that the dog belongs to Judd Travers, one of his neighbors, and that the dog has been abused. Marty gets obsessed about t
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Jul 24, 2009
Debbie (Readerbuzz)
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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.
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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.
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Nov 07, 2009
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Jan 29, 2012
Stephanie
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This is a realistic fiction book told from the point of view of a young boy. While walking in the woods one day he comes across a small beagle dog he quickly calls Shiloh. (Shiloh is the name of the area)The story continues with Marty, the young boy, trying to figure out a way so that he can 1) hide the dog from his family and 2) hide the dog from his real owner. Marty tries to figure out a way he can convince the owner Judd Travers that he should take of the dog instead. Marty feels Judd is
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Oct 11, 2011
Sarah
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Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Awards: 1992 Newbery Medal
Age Group: Intermediate – Adolescent
Summary: This book tells the story of Marty Preston, an eleven year old boy who attempts to rescue a beagle from his abusive owner. Marty instantly falls in love with the beagle, who he names Shiloh, hiding him in the woods behind his house and sneaking him food to prevent starvation. The legal owner, Judd Travers, eventually finds out about Marty’s deception, and Marty h More...
Awards: 1992 Newbery Medal
Age Group: Intermediate – Adolescent
Summary: This book tells the story of Marty Preston, an eleven year old boy who attempts to rescue a beagle from his abusive owner. Marty instantly falls in love with the beagle, who he names Shiloh, hiding him in the woods behind his house and sneaking him food to prevent starvation. The legal owner, Judd Travers, eventually finds out about Marty’s deception, and Marty h More...
Jul 27, 2011
This was a very good book, although I felt bad for Marty because Judd treated Shiloh so mean before Marty found him. I liked reading this book because it showed how a boy who wanted to own the beagle Shiloh badly. Marty works very hard at the vet's office and for Judd so that he can earn enough money to buy him. This book also teaches a lesson about Marty and how he learns to work to own the one animal that he wants his dog Shiloh. This book is for younger readers and for grade school readers
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Jul 13, 2009
Morgan
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I absolutely loved this book. I really liked how Marty cared so much that Judd Travers was mean to his dogs so when Shiloh ran away Marty hid the dog from his parents to keep him from being kicked around and yelled at but Shiloh got hurt by a German Shepard the dad found the dog hurt on the ground, so his dad took Shiloh to a doctor but when Judd found the dog Marty begged for the dog to stay until he was better. But when Marty went to Judd house to say I'm not giving the dog back he saw Judd sh
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Nov 25, 2011
Lindsey
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A boy finds a beagle that is being abused by his owner. He must decide between returning the dog to his owner, or keeping the dog as far away as possible. He battles with the oh-so-familiar problem of doing what's right and wrong.
I have a soft spot for this book since my family raises beagles and runs them at a beagle club. Having ten beagles of my own, one being a big, spoiled rotten one that we keep inside, and I can't fathom how anyone could be anything but nice to these precious More...
I have a soft spot for this book since my family raises beagles and runs them at a beagle club. Having ten beagles of my own, one being a big, spoiled rotten one that we keep inside, and I can't fathom how anyone could be anything but nice to these precious More...
