Saving Shiloh

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Summary: A good conclusion to the Marty/Shiloh trilogy!
Review: A reader from Berea, Kentucky A good conclusion to the Marty/Shiloh trilogy! Marty and his dog Shiloh come full circle in this last of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's trilogy. Having read each of the books in the series, I must say Shiloh is my favorite, but Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh are well worth a reader's time! Naylor has a knack for naturally developing her characters. We want to hate Judd Travers from the beginning, but we, like Marty, wonder if there's a chance for Judd to really change. The experiences Marty has dealing with Judd and the anxiety that is described mounts to a dynamic conclusion that is not quite predictable, but desired by eager readers. Each of the Shiloh trilogy books has an easy style of writing, one that gives a realistic glimpse into rural West Virginia. We see and understand the struggles Marty goes through and anticipate a happy ending. Sometimes we are left hanging at the end of the chapter, but Naylor wraps up her Shiloh adventure with a satisfying conclusion.

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Summary: Best of the Shiloh Trilogy!!!!
Review: Fans of the popular Shiloh books will not be disappointed with this book, the third installment of the series.
Saving Shiloh may be even better than its Newbery Award winning predecessor Shiloh.
Marty, Judd, and of course Shiloh are once again the main characters. This story delves more deeply into the relationship of Marty and Judd and whether kindness from others can change ones heart. An unsolved murder adds excitement and new plot lines.
Fans of the series that live in the beautiful state of West Virginia will not be disappointed. Familiar city names are once again mentioned and some that are not so familiar such as Little.
Whether you live in West Virginia or not this book and the others in the series are wonderful. You can't help but feel like you are part of Marty's family and they way he deals with his younger sisters is so real.
Now that we have finished the series we are planning to make a day trip to visit Friendly, WV and see if we can find the old Shiloh school house.

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Summary: MARTY AND SHILOH
Review: Have you ever heard of the dog that was beaten and abused? Well in my book it tells of a story of a young boy who owns a once beaten dog. This book is about Shiloh and Marty's relationship and how they live together. It shows how a poor family lives and how they go through each day being happy. I would like a sixth grader to read this book because Marty is young and a sixth grader would enjoy that. They can relate to the troubles he has at his age. SAVING SHILOH by Phillis Reynolds is a great book for everyone.
The vocabulary of the book is very easy to understand. Though, there are no photos to help you, the book is not difficult. A normal sentence in the book has little hard to understand words such as, "that night when I go to the door to let Shiloh in, I see that light again."
This book can amaze you with its heroic stories and events. Generally speaking, this book is written in a mood that will make you happy. You can tell the book is happy and exciting by this quote,"I lay down on the floor and hide my face in my arms, and that dog goes nuts." The front picture shows you how happy Shiloh is.
This book is written as if Marty is telling an autobiography. It is in first person and it has many adventerous stories. Marty wants you to know about him and his dog and how Shiloh changed so many lives. One event that I read over and over was when there is a huge flood. In the flood Marty's little sister falls into the river. Once you read what happens you will deaply cherish this book. To show how happy Marty is with Shiloh, he tells you that every night he gets up looking for Shiloh because he loves him so much. He wants you to see how happy a life can be with a dog.
Families and schools will love the book SAVING SHILOH. It tells you of how Marty and Shiloh live. If you are still young or in sixth grade, please read this great book.

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Summary: Saving Shiloh
Review: I gave this book five stars because I love animal books. Last fall (in Shiloh Season)Judd Travers got into a car accident that would have killed him but a dog named Shiloh barked and whined till someone came to see what was wrong. Now the tables have turned. It' Judd's turn to save Shiloh. I like this book because it's really easy for me to put my family and myself into Marty and his family's position.

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Summary: Shiloh
Review: I liked the book because it had good dialog, description, and detail. The main characters were the dogs, the dad, and Marty. It was exciting and heart-stopping with vivid detail of Shiloh and the Baker's german shepard. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes dogs.

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Summary: A good conclusion to the Marty/Shiloh trilogy!
Review: Marty and his dog Shiloh come full circle in this last of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's trilogy. Having read each of the books in the series, I must say Shiloh is my favorite, but Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh are well worth a reader's time! Naylor has a knack for naturally developing her characters. We want to hate Judd Travers from the beginning, but we, like Marty, wonder if there's a chance for Judd to really change. The experiences Marty has dealing with Judd and the anxiety that is described mounts to a dynamic conclusion that is not quite predictable, but desired by eager readers. Each of the Shiloh trilogy books has an easy style of writing, one that gives a realistic glimpse into rural West Virginia. We see and understand the struggles Marty goes through and anticipate a happy ending. Sometimes we are left hanging at the end of the chapter, but Naylor wraps up her Shiloh adventure with a satisfying conclusion.

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Summary: Learning to Trust
Review: Marty's beloved beagle is in danger again. Folks in the West Virginia backwoods are mighty suspicious of the resident crank, Judd Travers, the last of a three-generation family known for vicious, anti-social behavior. This shunned man is notorious for his cruelty to his own dogs and his arrogant hostility towards all human kind. Marty's family has tried to win the man's trust by demonstrating basic kindness and offering tentative frienship--social virtues which have never been modeled or extended to him before. But the compasionate boy discovers that it's a steep, uphill battle to convince diehard
neighbors and townspeople that Judd is honestly trying to turn
over a new leaf.

Trouble is: Marty himself wavers in his own belief in the man's innocence, when a man goes missing, then turns up dead, during an alarming series of burglaries. The mystery builds as first a blizzard, then a flood, wreak havoc in the hill-country community. Will Shiloh ever be truly safe from Judd? Despite all Marty's efforts to convince the man of his sincerity, Shiloh himself is reluctant to set foot upon the man's hated property. This final part of the SHILOH trilogy takes up one month after the end of SHILOH SEASON. Can dogs--and men--be redeemed after years of negative conditioning? After all poor Shiloh has suffered, whose turn is it to save him this time?

Rating:
Summary: Learning to Trust
Review: Marty's beloved beagle is in danger again. Folks in the West Virginia backwoods are mighty suspicious of the resident crank, Judd Travers, the last of a three-generation family known for vicious, anti-social behavior. This shunned man is notorious for his cruelty to his own dogs and his arrogant hostility towards all human kind. Marty's family has tried to win the man's trust by demonstrating basic kindness and offering tentative frienship--social virtues which have never been modeled or extended to him before. But the compasionate boy discovers that it's a steep, uphill battle to convince diehard
neighbors and townspeople that Judd is honestly trying to turn
over a new leaf.

Trouble is: Marty himself wavers in his own belief in the man's innocence, when a man goes missing, then turns up dead, during an alarming series of burglaries. The mystery builds as first a blizzard, then a flood, wreak havoc in the hill-country community. Will Shiloh ever be truly safe from Judd? Despite all Marty's efforts to convince the man of his sincerity, Shiloh himself is reluctant to set foot upon the man's hated property. This final part of the SHILOH trilogy takes up one month after the end of SHILOH SEASON. Can dogs--and men--be redeemed after years of negative conditioning? After all poor Shiloh has suffered, whose turn is it to save him this time?

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Summary: A Very Loving and Successful Book
Review: Recommendation
I recommend this book to anyone who likes to dive into really good books filled with both love and suspense. I believe that the narrator was trying to show the similarities between the love and suspense when Judd Travers was trying to show the love towards Marty's family by giving them a squirrel, that he hunted down and shot for them. 'Brought you something', Judd says. ''Ma opens a sack that Judd is holding and finds a squirrel that dad says will go nicely with some stew.'' The scene that shows suspense involved the town people trying to get to the top of a mystery. The scene was when David told Marty that the man that's outside at night with the light, always seems to be looking for something. 'Marty, I think the man that's outside with the light, might be looking for a body or something', David said.

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Summary: The End
Review: This is a breath-taking conclusion! Everyone at Marty's school is saying bad things about Judd Travers after a series of theft and house break-in's. They're even blaming him for murder! When Marty's sister Dara-Lynn naerly falls into a river, Marty is too focused on her to see Shiloh rushing down the river. Judd sees it all. Will Judd help the poor Beagle? Or let him drown as punishment for running away from him? Read the book and see for yourself.