Resumo de Shiloh - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

?Shiloh? is
the story of a boy who is determined to save a mistreated dog that followed him
home one day.

When the small beagle follows Marty home, Marty?s father makes him
return the dog to his owner, Judd. Marty finds that Judd mistreats his
dogs and
is very upset about having to leave Shiloh with
him.
When Shiloh
runs away again and ends up back in Marty?s yard, Marty decides that he cannot
go against Shiloh?s trust in him by returning him to his
abusive master. Without his parent?s
knowledge, Marty builds a small pen in the woods and sneaks food out to him
each day. Marty and Shiloh
become great friends.

It isn?t
long before Marty?s mother suspects something and follows him into the
woods. She is very disappointed in
Marty, but promises not to do anything until morning while Marty decides what
he should do.

That night,
Shiloh is attacked by a larger dog who gets into the
pen. The family decides to help Shiloh
recuperate before taking him back to Judd.
Gradually, the whole family comes to love the dog.

Judd finds
out about the dog and demands that he be returned. Marty will do anything he can to prevent this
from happening.

On the day
that Shiloh is to be returned, Marty wakes before the
rest of the family and walks toward Judd?s house, planning to refuse to let Shiloh
return. On the way, he sees Judd shoot a
deer out of season. Marty makes a deal
with him that he will not tell about the deer and will work on Judd?s farm and
Marty will keep Shiloh.

Marty keeps
his promise and goes to Judd?s farm every day.
Judd works him hard and gives him tasks that are more than a boy his age
should be doing, but Marty works hard to keep Shiloh
away from that place.

While
working, Marty gets a glimpse into the life of this man who he has always
hated. He learns that there is more to a
man that what you see at first glance.

This book
explores many areas of morality. Marty
struggles with himself trying to determine, what is a lie and is it wrong when
it is meant for a good purpose? He also
struggles with how Judd could mistreat his dogs without some intervention from
the law. As the book progresses, he
learns that there is no ?black and white?.
Judd my be mislead, but he is not the ?bad guy? that Marty saw him as
before.

The author, Phyllis Reynolds
Naylor, has written over 100 books for children and young people.
?Shiloh? received a
Newbery Award Medal in 1992, was name a Notable Children?s Book by the
American Library Association, and was listed as a Young Adult Choice by
the
International Reading Association. Naylor has written two sequels to
?Shiloh?,
?Shiloh Season? and ?Saving Shiloh?, both stories of how Marty tries to
help
Judd learn not to mistreat his dogs.

Resumos Relacionados