num_pages: 137
description: There's nothing eleven-year-old Marty Preston enjoys more than spending time up in the hills behind his home near Friendly, West Virginia.But this time is different. This time Marty sees a young beagle on the road past the old Shiloh school-house.Marty feels sure the dog is being abused by his owner. When the dog runs away to Marty's house, his parents say he must bring him back. But it hurts Marty to return the runaway dog to his cruel master.That's when Marty secretly decides he'll do anything to save the dog he names Shiloh.
language: English
title: Shiloh
titlecomplete: Shiloh
genres: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Chapter Books, Animals, Childrens, School, Young Adult, Dogs, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 84261
places: West Virginia
series: Shiloh
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Texas Bluebonnet Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Grand Canyon Reader Award
category: Intermediate Book, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Nene Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award
category: Grades 6-8, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award
category: Youth, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Children's Choice Book Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award, name: IRA-CBC Teacher's Choice, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Bluestem Book Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
category: Children, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Perfection Learning