Shiloh Summary

My Book Report: Shiloh

In this book report I will write about the book, Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Shiloh is about a boy named, Marty Preston. Marty finds a beagle and based on the beagles appearance and personality, concludes that the beagle has been physically mistreated by his owner, Judd Travers. This book is a fictional story but is partly based on a real life event that happened to the author.
The story, Shiloh, contained an interesting and also an exciting plot. The book Shiloh is about a boy named, Marty Preston who discovers a beagle and soon discovers that the beagle was being physically abused by his owner, Judd Travers. Soon, Marty comes up with a plan to buy Shiloh from his mean owner, by collecting bottles.

Unfortunately, the plan does not work out as planned. A few days after Marty and his dad dropped Shiloh off at Judd Travers’s house, Marty finds Shiloh again hiding on his father’s land. This time however Marty refused to give Shiloh back to Travers. As a result, he built him a pen, on his father’s land, where no one could find him. There he feeds Shiloh, exercises him, and also bonds with him as well. Although Marty has the time of his life when he is with Shiloh, he soon finds himself having second thoughts and asking himself questions about what the ‘right thing’ to do is. He asks himself whether the right thing to do is obey the law and return Shiloh to his rightful owner. Or save Shiloh from being mistreated and keep him. He also asks himself if he knows what he is doing is stealing, which is also against the law. These are the thoughts and questions that go through his head in the book. I enjoyed Shiloh because the plot was stimulating, the plot kept me invigorated the entire book.
In the book, Shiloh, The main character is Marty Preston.

Marty has an adventurous personality and often goes out exploring as well as hunting on his father’s land. In addition to that, Marty has a love for Shiloh, the beagle that he finds on the edge of his father’s land, “He licks my hand every so often to make sure I’m still there” – (Marty Preston). However, Marty has a very strong dislike for Shiloh’s owner, Judd Travers, “The reason why I don’t like Judd Travers is a whole lot of reasons.” – (Marty Preston). As a result he tries to find a way to save Shiloh from Mr. Travers but ends up hiding Shiloh on his father’s land without anyone knowing. In the book I admired Marty’s determination to find a way to save Shiloh from the hands of Shiloh’s owner, Judd Travers, even when the situation seemed hopeless, he refused to give in. This is why Marty is one of my favorite characters in the book.
In conclusion, I liked the book Shiloh because it contained an interesting plot. I also admired the main character, Marty Preston’s, determination and refusing to give in when the situation seemed tough. I would recommend this book for anyone who enjoys fictional books that are about dogs and take place in the country

side.