What does Marty mean by “Shiloh season”? How are Marty’s fears justified?Ĩ. The second book in the trilogy is called Shiloh Season. “In a way it is, in a way it isn’t.” Why is Marty so torn?ħ. “Thought once if I could just get Shiloh for my own, it would be the finest day of my life,” Marty says, after he and Shiloh’s original owner, Judd Travers, reach their agreement in Shiloh. How does Marty restore his dream as the trilogy progresses? Discuss the possibilities of Marty achieving his goal.Ħ. Marty’s dream of becoming a vet “sort of leaks out like water in a paper bag” when his father, early in Shiloh, tells him how expensive veterinary training is. Explain Marty’s comment in Saving Shiloh, “Trying to be polite and honest at the same time is hard work.” Rate Marty on his ability to be both polite and honest.ĥ. Debate whether there are other possibilities that Marty hasn’t considered.Ĥ. Marty feels that his choices, in Shiloh, come down to either hiding the dog and keeping it secret, or giving it back to Judd. “A lie don’t seem a lie anymore when it’s meant to save a dog,” Marty says in Shiloh, ”and right and wrong’s all mixed up in my head.” Discuss how Marty continues to wrestle with right and wrong in Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh.ģ. What details does the author provide, right from the opening paragraphs of Shiloh, that make this clear to readers? What does Marty teach Judd about loving animals in Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh?Ģ. Together they form one of the most deeply felt sagas in modern children’s literature.ġ. Each book is richly rewarding on its own. The story of how Marty keeps Shiloh and at the same time tries to balance his responsibilities to his family, to the dog’s troubled original owner, and, perhaps trickiest of all, to himself, unfolds in an unforgettable trilogy. But when Marty finds an abused beagle out in the woods, he’s willing to go to almost any length to hold on to him.
His family of five has barely enough food and room for themselves, never mind a pet.
The Shiloh Trilogy by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor launched by the Newbery Award–winning novel Shiloh, takes readers straight into the heart and soul of an eleven-year-old West Virginia boy named Marty Preston.
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