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Shiloh
Middle grade contemporary fiction
Shiloh
144 pages · First published 1991
Eleven-year-old Marty Preston finds a frightened beagle in the hills near his West Virginia home and realizes the dog belongs to abusive hunter Judd Travers. Certain that returning him means more cruelty, Marty secretly shelters the animal he names Shiloh despite knowing that the dog legally belongs to someone else. Each lie meant to protect Shiloh creates another moral problem, forcing Marty to weigh honesty, law, compassion, and responsibility. Quietly suspenseful and morally nuanced, this Newbery-winning novel suits readers who enjoy animal-rescue stories, Appalachian settings, difficult ethical choices, and young characters learning that good intentions do not make every decision simple.
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Animal abuse and neglect · Threats toward a dog · Lying and moral conflict · Hunting references
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Neighborly Arnold Palmer
A porch-ready Arnold Palmer fits Marty's rural summer and his determined hope of giving Shiloh a safe home.
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Pale Ale
For adults of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.
A friendly pale ale pairs with a plainspoken story whose moral questions prove more complicated than they first appear.
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- 12 oz Pale ale
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