Shiloh Trilogy - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Read by Henry Leyva, Peter Macnicol, Michael Moriarty
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

This contemporary classic trilogy explores the sometimes-unclear line between right and wrong, and the redeeming power of love and kindness. But first and foremost it is an irresistible and heartwarming story of family, friendship, and the strong bond between a boy and his dog.

Shiloh
Shiloh Series, Book 1
Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Release date: October 17, 2006
Duration: 02:47:26

There’s nothing eleven-year-old Marty Preston enjoys more than spending time up in the hills behind his home near Friendly, West Virginia.

But this time is different. This time Marty sees a young beagle on the road past the old Shiloh schoolhouse. The dog belongs to Judd Travers who drinks too much and has guns and abuses his dogs. Marty feels sure his owner is abusing this dog. When the dog runs away to Marty’s house, his parents say he must bring him back. But it hurts Marty to return the runaway dog to his cruel master.

That’s when Marty secretly decides he’ll do anything to save the dog he names Shiloh.

Shiloh Season
Shiloh Series, Book 2
Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Release date: July 5, 2000
Duration: 02:38:24

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 with 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.

Michael Moriarty reads Marty’s first-person narrative in a quiet country drawl with syllables and words strung together smooth and fast. A disaffected inflection suggests wisdom, not indifference, as his long final syllables carry the listener from sentence to sentence. Travers’s voice is hard, and loud, and mean. The judicious use of music and dramatic sound effects emphasizes the emotional tone of pivotal scenes. This is a superb production of the sequel to the Newbery Medal-winning Shiloh.

Saving Shiloh
Shiloh Series, Book 3
Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Release date: July 5, 2000
Duration: 03:08:38

In Saving Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor brings to a conclusion the trilogy begun with the Newbery Medal winner Shiloh and its sequel, Shiloh Season. Judd Travers is physically on the mend from the truck accident that nearly took his life in Shiloh Season. But is he healing inside too? Can Marty and his family and the community trust that Judd will not return to his evil ways? Marty’s parents tell him that every person deserves a second chance. Most people in the surrounding community, however, are quick to assume the opposite and find ways to place Judd at the center of any trouble–even murder.

And then there’s Marty, stuck right in the middle, wanting to believe in Judd, but afraid of anything that might place himself or his beloved dog, Shiloh, in jeopardy. Are his efforts to help Judd–and Judd’s remaining dogs–worthwhile, or is Marty’s friend David Howard right in seeing mounting evidence of the real trouble Judd is in? Finally something unexpected happens that puts Judd to the test–Judd and Shiloh, Marty and his sisters, the whole community, in fact.