Realistic Fiction

Shiloh

By: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers; 1 edition

Publish Date: (Sept. 1 2000)

ISBN-10: 0689835825

ISBN-13: 978-0689835827

This is one of my favorite books and I used to love watching this movie. This book is about a boy who falls in love with a dog named Shiloh. This dog belongs to a man named Judd Travers. Travers has a lot of hunting dogs and does not really treat them right. He also drinks. In the end, Marty does chores for Travers and he gives him some money and buys Shiloh from Judd Travers.

This book is realistic fiction because the story has a realistic plot and the characters could be real but they aren’t. I just think this is a great book. I absolutely love animals especially dogs. I have two dogs myself. I just think this story is so cute. Marty really falls in love with Shiloh and does everything in his power to get him. This is just a great book.

Author: Jane Yolen

Illustrator: John Schoenherr

Publisher: Philomel Books; 4th Printing edition

Publish Date: October 23, 1987

ISBN-10: 0399214577

ISBN-13: 978-0399214578

This book is about a father and his daughter that go out at nighttime to look for owls. They are looking around the farm in which they live. There is a deer, a fox and a raccoon that are hiding in the shadows. The father calls for the owls. Finally an owl comes out and sits on the branch right next to them and the girl gets to see an owl.

I think this is a great story. I just love the illustrations. The snow looks like velvet as it lays on the farm where the little girl and her father live. As they walk through the soft pillows of snow, it is so silent. They do not really talk that much. It just makes me think of a cold night when it starts to snow and then all of a sudden you wake up and look outside and the ground is covered in a soft blanket of snow. I love when that happens. I think this is a good realistic fiction book because the events in this book really could happen. There are no talking animals and the characters could be real. I give it a 10 out of 10.

 Author: Louis Sachar

ISBN-13:9780440414803

Publisher:Random House Children's Books

Publication date:05/28/2000

Stanley Yelnats is convicted of stealing even though he did not do it. He then chooses to go to Camp Green Lake instead of going to jail. This camp is in the middle of the desert and the boys there have to dig holes that are five feet deep in a dried up lake. He becomes friends with a boy named Zero. He learns that his great grandfather is cursed by Madame Zeroni.

This is a great book and a great movie. I remember reading this book when I was younger and absolutely loving it. I just thought it was so exciting and different. When the movie came out, I was even more excited. I think this is a good realistic fiction book because the events in the book can happen in real life. The characters could also be real people. I just think this is an interesting fun book that everyone should read. I give it a 10 out of 10.