Eleven year old Marty Preston loves to spend time up in the hills behind his home near Friendly West Virginia Sometimes he takes his 22 rifle to see what he can shoot like some cans lined up on a rail fence Other times he goes up early in the morning just to sit and watch the fox and deer But one summer Sunday Marty comes across something different on the road just past the old Shiloh schoolhouses a young beagle and the trouble begins What do you do when a dog you suspect is being mistreated runs away and comes to you When it is someone else s dog When the man who owns him has a gun This is Marty s problem and he finds it is one he has to face alone When his solution gets too big for him to handle things become more frightening still Marty puts his courage on the line and discovers in the process that it is not always easy to separate right from wrong Sometimes however you do almost anything to save a dog MARTY WILL DO ANYTHING TO SAVE SHILOH When Marty Preston comes across a young beagle in the hills behind his home it s love at first sight and also big trouble It turns out the dog which Marty names Shiloh belongs to Judd Travers who drinks too much and has a gun and abuses his dogs So when Shiloh runs away from Judd to Marty Marty just has to hide him and protect him from Judd But Marty s secret becomes too big for him to keep to himself and it exposes his entire family to Judd s anger How far will Marty have to go to make Shiloh his The 1992 Newbery Medal was awarded to Shiloh as well as 25 state children s choice awards A moving and powerful look at the best and the worst of human nature as well as the shades of gray that color most of life s dilemmas Booklist starred review There s nothing eleven year old Marty Preston enjoys more than spending time up in the hills behind his home near Friendly West Virginia But this time is different This time Marty sees a young beagle on the road past the old Shiloh school

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