i see what adults see in it. it's morally complicated, has a great lesson, they all live happily ever after, bla bla bla. but honestly, it's written in the voice of an olden-day farm boy that doesn't add to it at all. if anything, it detract from hoe good the book really is.
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Shiloh
(1991, Fiction - Animals, Written by Phyllis Naylor)
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In taut, unforgettable drama, nothing is simple.
updated 07.04.08
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Parents need to know that kids love this edge-of-the-seat story of a boy going up against a really scary mean man to protect an abused dog.
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- Families can talk about right and wrong. Do you ever feel mixed up about what's right and what's wrong? Is Marty justified in keeping secrets from his family? Do you think the deal between Marty and Judd is fair?
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I love the trilogy to shilog its a great book my ds LOVES it!
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It's a book that keeps you to the edge of yojur seat an easy disscusion novel and good to make a literature circle
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