Hello All!

This week I finished Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. I read this book for the first time when I was in third grade and can remember crying through it. Since I am a HUGE dog person, it was too hard to hold back all the tears. I was that girl sobbing her eyes out in the middle of class because of this book! Now, I will worn you that there are many parts in the book that make you just want to jump in and hurt Shiloh's original owner yourself! 

Marty and Shiloh are the two main characters in the book. Marty is a young boy and just happened to go for a walk through the woods one day and came across Shiloh. He so badly wanted to keep Shiloh, but his father would not let him because he knew that he belonged to their distant neighbor, Judd Travers. Judd was a nasty man. No one in the community cared for him because he was malicious and a drunk. Shiloh was Judd's hunting dog. When Marty's father forced him to take the dog back to Judd, Marty quickly found out that Shiloh did not have a good life with Judd. That is about the nicest way I can put it. Judd abused Shiloh and Marty experienced that first hand when he returned him back to Judd the first time. Judd kicked Shiloh over and over again even when Marty begged for him to stop.

Marty and Shiloh go through a lot with each other and that is what makes their bond so strong. They create a wonderful bond and always find a way back to each other. The ending will shock you and I highly recommend reading it! 

I also remember watching the movie after I read the book, but I do not remember if everything was the same or not.