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Self. Marty has internal conflict when he is trying to decide whether or not to lie to his parents. He chooses to lie in order to save Shiloh's life and protect him from being beaten by Judd Travers. This conflict continues throughout the book as Marty has to continue to lie to his loved ones and friends.
Then, what happened in the book Shiloh?
Shiloh is about an eleven-year-old boy who finds a dog near his house in West Virginia. The boy, Marty Preston, wants to keep the dog and names him Shiloh. Marty thinks that the dog has been abused. He finds out that the dog belongs to his neighbor, Judd Travers.
Similarly, how did Shiloh the dog die?
Phyllis replied: Shiloh does NOT die in my series. Perhaps the fact that the real dog back in West Virginia, which inspired the series, died in 2000, gets mixed up with the dog in the book.
Marty's Dad agrees to let him keep Shiloh until Shiloh is well, and then Shiloh will have to go back to Judd. He feels it was his fault Shiloh was hurt because he didn't make the pen tall enough. He also feels relieved because his secret is out in the open and he has time to figure out how he can keep Shiloh.