Shiloh Season [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Author), Michael Moriarty (Reader)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

After Marty Preston worked so hard to earn the dog Shiloh, he had hoped that his troubles with Judd Travers were over. He could not rescue all the dogs that Judd mistreated, but since Shiloh was the one who ran away and came to him, Shiloh was the one he loved.

Judd, however, has other problems. Anyone who cheats and swears and lies and kicks his dogs has troubles inside himself, and when the man starts drinking, Marty realizes that Shiloh is in danger once again. As hunting season approaches and Judd begins hunting on their land, the Prestons know that something is bound to happen.

They’re right. Marty does the only thing he can think of to do, and discovers just how deep a hurt can go and how long it takes to heal.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

In a follow-up to her Newbery Medal-winning story Shiloh, Phyllis Naylor brings Marty Preston and his beagle back in another tale sure to push the emotional buttons of her young audience. Marty doesn't want to lose the dog he struggled so hard to gain, but when he sees Shiloh's old owner, drunk and out hunting on Marty's property, he is afraid of losing Shiloh for good. Along with the moving story of boy loves dog, Naylor offers a sympathetic portrayal of life in West Virginia. Certain to please her many fans, this sequel likely marks a fuller series of stories of Marty and Shiloh. (Ages 8 to 12) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Publishers Weekly

In this second book in Naylor's Shiloh trilogy, the formerly abused beagle and the boy who rescued him fear the abuser's return as hunting season approaches. In a starred review, PW noted, "Naylor maintains the previous work's lump-in-the-throat vibrato." Ages 8-12.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Audio CD
• Publisher: Listening Library (Audio); Unabridged edition (June 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739381040
• ISBN-13: 978-0739381045
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 5.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #422,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #85 in Books > Books on CD > Children's Fiction > Classics

More About the Author

I guess I've been writing for about as long as I can remember. Telling stories, anyway, if not writing them down. I had my first short story published when I was sixteen, and wrote stories to help put myself through college, planning to become a clinical psychologist. By the time I graduated with a BA degree, however, I decided that writing was really my first love, so I gave up plans for graduate school and began writing full time.

I'm not happy unless I spend some time writing every day. It's as though pressure builds up inside me, and writing even a little helps to release it. On a hard-writing day, I write about six hours. Tending to other writing business, answering mail, and just thinking about a book takes another four hours. I spend from three months to a year on a children's book, depending on how well I know the characters before I begin and how much research I need to do. A novel for adults, because it's longer, takes a year or more. When my work is going well, I wake early in the mornings, hoping it's time to get up. When the writing is hard and the words are flat, I'm not very pleasant to be around.

Getting an idea for a book is the easy part. Keeping other ideas away while I'm working on one story is what's difficult. My books are based on things that have happened to me, things I have heard or read about, all mixed up with imaginings. The best part about writing is the moment a character comes alive on paper, or when a place that existed only in my head becomes real. There are no bands playing at this moment, no audience applauding--a very solitary time, actually--but it's what I like most. I've now had more than 120 books published, and about 2000 short stories, articles and poems.

I live in Bethesda, Maryland, with my husband, Rex, a speech pathologist, who's the first person to read my manuscripts when they're finished. Our sons, Jeff and Michael, are grown now, but along with their wives and children, we often enjoy vacations together in the mountains or at the ocean. When I'm not writing, I like to hike, swim, play the piano and attend the theater.

I'm lucky to have my family, because they have contributed a great deal to my books. But I'm also lucky to have the troop of noisy, chattering characters who travel with me inside my head. As long as they are poking, prodding, demanding a place in a book, I have things to do and stories to tell.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A heart-warming and wonderful read!, July 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Shiloh Season: Video Tie In Edition (Paperback)

In the sequel to Shiloh, Shiloh Season, the award-winning author, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, once again beautifully portrays the rural life of West Virginia and the love a young boy, Marty, has for an abused dog named Shiloh.

In this sequel, Marty is faced with the conflict of losing Shiloh to the dog's original owner Judd Travers. Judd is known throughout the small community of Friendly, West Virgina for not only being a drunk but also for abusing his dogs.

I would recommend reading the first Shiloh before reading Shiloh Season. However, Naylor gives background information in chapter 1 to refresh the reader's memory from what happened in the first of the 3 novels. Therefore, if you choose not to read the first Shiloh then you will not be totally lost when picking up with Shiloh Season.

Marty worked for Judd in the first Shiloh in order to earn the right to own the abused beagle Shiloh as his very own. However, in Shiloh Season, Judd continuously taunts Marty in wanting Shiloh back as his dog again. What could possibly make this situation worse? Judd is drinking heavier now than ever before and backing up his threats of taking Shiloh with gunshots at Marty!

Marty learns many important lessons throughout the course of the story. He not only learns the different responsibilities that accompanies raising a dog but he also learns that truth and honesty are always the best policy even if it means losing something that you love. Marty also learns that forgiving someone is sometimes very hard but a very crucial lesson when growing up.

As a teacher, I would definitely recommend this book for 10 year old students and older to read independently or for teachers and parents to read aloud to their children of the same age level. I can't wait to read Naylor's Saving Shiloh which is the third book of the Shiloh trilogy. I also hope to see future books about Shiloh to continue the series.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grandma Loves "Shiloh" Audio Book!, April 17, 2003

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Ruth G. Hudson "RHudson; grateful gramma" (Warsaw, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shiloh Season (Audio Cassette)

We've enjoyed the video stories of Shiloh and Marty and passed these videos on to our grandchildren, so purchasing a set of "Shiloh Season" audio cassettes proved to be a real treat to listen to when we recently drove three hours to visit the kidlets.

Michael Moriarty is a favorite actor of ours. His family man roles are especially delightful. His 6'-4" frame and expressive voice and mannerisms combine to give him a "big hero" success with such roles. So-o-o-o listening to Michael Moriarty's wonderful narration of this unabridged, two audio cassettes story telling as Marty in the first person is just wonderfully captivating.

This audio book would be hold the attention of children ages 10 years and up, and grandparents will love it too. It's excellent as a stand-alone story experience without seeing the videos first; however those could provide an added treat to visualize the "action" better. This set would make a nice gift too!

Hope you enjoy the experience of "Shiloh Season" as narrated by Michael Moriarty. We truly did!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PLEASE READ THE SHILOH TRILOGY!, August 3, 2000

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BeatleBangs1964 (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shiloh Season (Hardcover)

The Shiloh Trilogy are among the lovliest, most touching books for all ages. Marty, the main figure in the Shiloh trilogy exemplifies true Christian values when he forgives the abusive Judd Travers and in time, wins the man over into letting him keep the beagle, Shiloh. Shiloh is a delightful little hound who will find a permanent place in the hearts of those familiar with his story. (I have a beagle who came from an abusive owner. She was a shelter dog and I have become the lucky owner of a wonderful little hound). A must read for everybody.