Phyllis has written over 80 books for children and young people. Her parents enjoyed reading stories to the children-her father would imitate the characters in Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer-and her mother read to them every evening, 'almost until we were old enough to go out on dates, though we never would have admitted this to anyone.'īy the time Phyllis reached fifth grade, writing books was her favorite hobby and she would rush home from school each day to write down whatever plot had been forming in her head - at sixteen her first story was published in a local church magazine. Though she grew up during the Depression and her family did not have a lot of money, Naylor stated that she never felt poor because her family owned good books. Her family were strongly religious with conservative, midwestern values and most of her childhood was spent moving a lot due to her father's occupation as a salesman. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor was born in Anderson, Indiana, US on January 4, 1933.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s fourth book in the Newbery Award–winning Shiloh series-following Shiloh, Shiloh Season, and Saving Shiloh -is full of heart-thudding suspense, as well as comfort and joy. And why are his daughters so skittish around him? And what’s happened to Judd’s dogs? With Christmas right around the corner, Marty has a lot of questions, and how they’re answered might just take a Christmas miracle. Doubt, blame, and anger spread faster than the flames-flames that are fanned by the new minister, who seems fonder of fire and brimstone than love and mercy.

Even Judd has been working to improve his reputation.īut just as townsfolk grow more accepting of Judd, a fire in the woods destroys many homes, including Judd’s, and Judd’s newly formed reputation. Anywhere Marty goes, the beagle’s at his side, and Marty couldn’t be happier about that.

It’s been a year since Marty Preston rescued Shiloh from Judd Travers and his cruel ways, and since then, Marty and Shiloh have been inseparable. A rescued beagle and his boy owner seek love and understanding for their troubled small town in this holiday companion to the Newbery Medal–winning Shiloh, from Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.Ĭhristmas is coming and Marty and his rescued pup Shiloh are sure glad about that-for their town is sure low on love and understanding and they hope that the joy of the holiday will bring with it the generosity of spirit that’s so lacking.

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