Title: Shiloh
Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Genre: Realistic Fiction 
Awards: Newbery Medal 
Age Group: 6-9

Summary:
This book was about a boy and his family enduring a financial hardship. Along comes a dog, and the boy easily falls for the dog and wants to keep him as a companion but fears that because of the families hardship, they wont be able to feed the dog, yet alone themselves. They find out who the do belongs too, their neighbor Judd and finds out the dog is abused. The dog runs away again, and comes back to the little boy, so he hides him in a make shift cage. The boy sneaks food to him but the mother finds out and says he has to tell his dad. They are awaken in the middle of the night to screaming because the dog was attacked by a bigger dog, they take him to the vet and he survives. They make an offer to Judd to buy the dog, but the little boy has to work for him. Judd makes the boy do horrible, hard work because he is resentful because he was abused by his father but no one came to save him. In the end, the boy works off the debt and earns Judd's respect and becomes the owner of the dog, Shiloh. 

Teacher Evaluation:
This book was a pretty good book, because it had so many highs and lows in it and i feel like it would keep the students engaged. From teaching children about family hardships, to financial struggles, abuse and hard work. This book showed that showing empathy mixed with hard work and respect will yelled the out come you desire. 

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