Shiloh

Resource Information

The work Shiloh represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dunkirk Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Shiloh

Statement of responsibility

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Creator

• Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
• trueNaylor, Phyllis Reynolds

Subject

• Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
• trueRealistic fiction
• trueCourage in boys
• Beagle (Dog breed) -- Juvenile fiction
• trueNastiness in men
• trueBoy animal rights advocates
• trueBullying and bullies
• trueWest Virginia
• trueBeagle (Dog breed)
• West Virginia -- Juvenile fiction
• trueAnimal welfare
• trueEleven-year-old boys -- West Virginia
• trueClassics
• Animal welfare -- Juvenile fiction
• trueEleven-year-old boys
• Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction
• trueBooks to movies
• trueBoys and dogs

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• trueRealistic fiction
• trueBooks to movies
• trueClassics

Language

eng

Summary

When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs

Member of

• trueShiloh quartet

Theme

• trueMe and my dog

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueMoving
• trueEmotionally intense
• trueSuspenseful

Writing style

• trueAttention-grabbing
• trueDialect-filled

Award

• Buckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio), Grades 3-5, 1995.
• Delaware Diamonds (book award), Intermediate (Grades 3-5), 1995.
• Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (North Dakota) for Juvenile Fiction, 1994.
• Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona), Intermediate Book Category, 1994.
• Great Stone Face Children's Book Award (New Hampshire), 1993.
• Indian Paintbrush Book Award (Wyoming), 1994.
• Land of Enchantment Book Award (New Mexico), General category, 1994.
• Maine Student Book Award, 1993.
• Mark Twain Award (Missouri), 1994.
• Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 1994.
• Nene Award (Hawaii), 1994.
• Newbery Medal, 1992.
• Nutmeg Children's Book Award, 1994.
• Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, Grades 6-8, 1993.
• Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award (South Dakota), 1994.
• Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (Illinois), 1994.
• Sequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma), Children’s Books, 1994.
• Texas Bluebonnet Award, 1994.
• West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award, 1994.
• William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas), 1994.
• Young Hoosier Book Award, Intermediate Books, 1994.
• Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest), Junior, 1994.

Awards note

Awarded the Newbery Medal, 1992.

Cataloging source

CMI

Index

no index present

Intended audience

890

Intended audience source

Lexile

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

890

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 8

Series statement

Shiloh quartet

Series volume

0001

Target audience

juvenile