Marty will do anything to save his new friend Shiloh in this Newbery Medal–winning novel from Phillis Reynolds Naylor.When Marty Preston comes across a young beagle in the hills behind his home, it's love at first sight—and also big trouble. It turns out the dog, which Marty names Shiloh, belongs to Judd Travers, who drinks too much and has a gun—and abuses his dogs. So when Shiloh runs away from Judd to Marty, Marty just has to hide him and protect him from Judd. But Marty's secret becomes too big for him to keep to himself, and it exposes his entire family to Judd's anger. How far will Marty have to go to make Shiloh his?

在这本菲利斯-雷诺兹-内勒的纽伯瑞奖获奖小说中，马蒂将不惜一切代价拯救他的新朋友夏洛。当马蒂-普雷斯顿在他家后面的山上遇到一只年轻的小猎犬时，他对它一见钟情，同时也遇到了大麻烦。原来，这只狗，马蒂给它取名叫夏洛，属于贾德-特拉弗斯，他喝多了，有枪，而且虐待他的狗。因此，当夏洛从贾德身边跑到马蒂身边时，马蒂只得把它藏起来，保护它不被贾德发现。但是，马蒂的秘密变得太大，他无法独占，这使他的整个家庭暴露在贾德的愤怒之下。马蒂要走多远才能让夏洛属于他？