# Shiloh

**Author:** Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
**Lexile:** 890L
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 1991
**Page count:** 160
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781416939009`
**ISBN-10:** `1416939008`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Eleven-year-old Marty Preston finds a mistreated beagle on his walk home in rural West Virginia and must decide whether to return him to his abusive owner or hide him. Winner of the 1992 Newbery Medal and widely assigned in 3rd-6th grade units on moral decision-making and rural life.

## Themes

- animal welfare
- morality
- family
- rural life
- courage

## Content notes

- animal abuse
- alcoholism (mentioned)

Common Sense Media age recommendation: 9+

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