shiloh

comment:

Dear Ms. Naylor i am a 4th grade student and I really really love your book Shiloh. Visit me at Perelman Jewish Day School Stern Center please come some day.  What gave you the idea for the character of Judd?

Phyllis replied:

There has to be conflict in a story in order to create suspense.  And the fact that I found a dog, who appeared to have been badly mistreated, immediately gave me an idea for the story of his owner.