Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
4.0/5.0 stars - Newberry Award winner, well written and told from the POV of an 11 year old boy. It's not surprising that Marty fell in love with the dog, but what is surprising is how far is is willing to go to save it, and how responsible he feels for it. Yet he makes mistakes, lies to his family, but feels bad about it, like any well-raised boy would. He eventually comes clean to his parents, and they don't try to cover for him. They make him tell the story himself, and he learns from it. And it all works out in the end.
The one thing that doesn't ring true to me about this story is in Chapter 7, when he describes his best friend's house as having a room just for his father's computer and books. Was that a thing back when this story was written (1991), or had the edition I read (2003) been updated?
Book 173 of 2020.
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