Pagination in this guide refers to the Atheneum Books for Young Readers edition, ISBN 987-2-7. Name Pronunciation with Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. 8 Total Resources View Text Complexity Discover Like Books. Shiloh is followed by three other titles comprising the Shiloh quartet: Shiloh Season, Saving Shiloh, and A Shiloh Christmas. For Doug's brother, Gordie, the ridge with its spectacular view is a magical, special. Shiloh won the Newbery Medal in 1992, the IRA-CBC (International Reading Association & the Children’s Book Council) Teacher Choice Award in 1994, and is the recipient of many state book awards. Marty’s character struggles with the same issues that troubled Naylor after she met the stray dog: moral ambiguity, animal cruelty, and personal responsibility. Acclaimed children’s author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor based Shiloh on a poignant, personal encounter with a mistreated dog. Marty bonds with the dog, Shiloh, and learns more about himself and others as he struggles to reconcile the letter of the law with what he knows in his heart is right. Naylor writes primarily for children and young adults although she has published several books for adults, including How I Came to Be a Writer, a wry and very personal look at the ups and downs of one writer’s life. Eleven-year-old Marty Preston fights to save an abused beagle from its cruel owner in Shiloh (1991).
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