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Shiloh

Shiloh

List Price: $18.00
Your Price: $12.24
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great book
Review: This book was one of the best books ever published and is very emotional.Recommendedfor dog lovers.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: THIS WAS THE BEST BOOK I EVER READ
Review: I LOVED THE BOOK SHILOH IT WAS SO ADVENTUROUS. MY FAVORITE PART WAS WHEN MARTY GOT SHILOH. AT FIRST IT WAS GOOD THE MIDDLE WAS KIND OF GOOD BUT THE END WAS THE BEST. I LIKE ANIMALS SO YOU KNOW THAT I LIKE SHILOH THE BEST.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Shiloh was a sad, happy,heartbreaking story.
Review: When I read this book I sometimes cried or got worried like when he got badly injured by the German Shepered.I thought this book was one of the best books I ever read.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It was an excellent book!
Review: Shiloh is an amazing story of a boy who strives to save a dog's life. He is from a poor family who lives in a rural area. He starts working so he can earn money to save the dog. This is a wonderful book. Both parents and children will love the place that shiloh takes in their heart. You may laugh, cry and have different emotions through the book. It is great :-). <(*@*)>

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: 11 year old boy learns an important lesson of responsibility
Review: Marty, an 11 year old boy that lives in Friendly, West Virginia, takes in a beagle pup who is suspected to be mistreated by his owner. Marty learns how to care for Shiloh in an exciting tale of love and bravery.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best Book In History!!!!!!
Review: THIS IS A CRYOVER, GREAT-BUT-SAD, KINDA BOOK. THE BOY SEES THIS POOR, MISTREATED PUP AND DECIDES HE NEEDS TO KEEP IT. HIS PARENTS SAY NO, AND THAT IT ALREADY BELONGS TO SOMEONE. HE CAN'T GET THE DOG OUT OF HIS THOUGHTS, THOUGH. HE ENDS UP SNEAKING HIM AWAY...

WELL, YOU BETTER READ IT AND FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The best book
Review: Shiloh is the best book I have ever read. I have read it about 5 times. It is a sad story but it is happy at the end when Marty gets to keep Shiloh. People who like dogs would like this book.It is my favorite book

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great Book!
Review: Shiloh

The book Shiloh, a realistic fiction book, is a great book. Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is about this boy, Marty, who found a dog. [...]Naylor made the characters in her book as real as she could. With Marty, the main character, you can hear what he is thinking. You can't literally hear him think, but the book says what he is thinking. If you have read Jade Green, also by Naylor, you probably know what I am saying.
This book is all about animals. It talks about animal abuse and how to try and help animals that were abused. All through the book Marty knows Judd Travers is abusing Shiloh, the meanest guy in town. He tries to tell his parents but they will not believe him. So they give Shiloh back to get more abused.
Shiloh is a very touching book. I suggest that you read it. Any body would really like it. It would be especially be good if you love animals.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The bond between a boy and a dog
Review: "Shiloh," the novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, received the 1992 Newbery Medal "for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." While the book is certainly ideal for younger readers, don't be misled by either the award or the publisher's marketing approach: this moving, well-written book is good for adults, too.

"Shiloh" takes place in rural West Virginia. It tells the story of Marty, an 11-year old boy who seeks to shelter an abused beagle from his hard-hearted owner. Reynolds lets Marty tell his story in the first person, and her excellent prose captures the rhythms of rural West Virginia speech (and I say this because I spend a lot of time there with my extended family). Reynolds had me hooked with her opening sentence: "The day Shiloh come, we're having us a big Sunday dinner." Reynold's skill at rendering American vernacular speech evokes, in my mind, favorable comparisons to such authors as Zora Neale Hurston and Alice Walker.

"Shiloh" is rich with the details of life in that region: the food, the hunting, and social customs. Reynolds creates a wonderful portrait of a poor but loving family. But the heart of the book is the way she captures the special bond between a boy and his dog.

"Shiloh" is an "issue" book in the sense that it deals with animal cruelty, but Reynolds wisely tells a realistic story without overtly preaching at the reader. But the book still raises very relevant issues. Marty's moral dilemma is not presented as an easy "black-and-white" situation. Shiloh's owner, Judd, is not a cardboard villain. Marty's ethical and theological inner struggle is comparable to that of the title character in Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Like Huck, Marty is a compelling hero: courageous, loyal, and thoughtful.

In short, "Shiloh" is a contemporary classic, a book with true moral and psychological resonance. Naylor's portrayal of the enduring ties between a child and a beloved animal is comparable to such enduring works as John Steinbeck's "The Red Pony." This moving book deserves a wide audience.


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