Shiloh reviewed by Lucas

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

A Dell Year Book

144 pages

1991

reviewed by Lucas

    11 year old Marty Preston is not the luckiest man ever.  But when Shiloh comes, Marty can’t stand to see him lonely and abandon.  Then when Marty takes Shiloh home, his parents don’t allow him.

Unexpectedly Shiloh’s owner finds Shiloh and Marty finds out that Shiloh’s owner abuses him.  Judd {Shiloh’s owner} takes him and Marty has dreams about the dog and wonders how he is getting hurt.  Judd says he doesn’t abuse animals but Marty sees Judd shoot a deer out of season.

Judd is a kind of person who is non-respectful because he smokes and abuses animals.  Marty loves the dog so much that he disobeys his parents.  Marty is a kind of person who wants things to happen that are not going to happen.  Judd is the kind of person who is greedy because his exact words were “I want him back by Sunday”.

Along with the sadness in this book, Shiloh has many twists and turns that will leave you heart-broken.  Adventure is another part of this book.  This book has a lesson of standing up for yourself.

            {Ages 9 and older}