Iowa Children\'s Choice (ICCA) Award Marty Preston wonders why it is that despite Judd Traver\'s attempts to redeem himself everyone is still so willing to think the worst of him.
He lives in Oklahoma with his family..
He also illustrated Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh by Robert Burleigh, which received the Orbis Pictus Award for nonfiction.
Mike Wimmer has illustrated many books for children, including Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth by Robert Burleigh, which was named an ALA Notable Children\'s Book and was called a "grand slam" in a starred review in Publishers Weekly.
To hear from Phyllis and find out more about Alice, visit AliceMcKinley.com.
She lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
About the Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has written more than 135 books, including the Newbery Award-winning Shiloh and its sequels, the Alice series, Roxie and the Hooligans , and Roxie and the Hooligans at Buzzard\'s Roost .
Saving Shiloh is a powerful novel that brings this trilogy to a close.
Then a terrifying life-or-death situation brings this dilemma into sharp focus.
Then again, maybe folks are right -- there\'s no way a Judd Travers can ever change for the good.
Now that Marty has Shiloh, maybe he can help Judd to take better care of his other dogs.
But Marty\'s parents and, with some trepidation, Marty himself persist in their attempts to be good neighbors and to give Judd a second chance.
Others are sure that Judd is behind a series of burglaries in the area.
Marty\'s friend David is sure that Judd will be named as the murderer of a man who has been missing.
Iowa Children\'s Choice (ICCA) Award Marty Preston wonders why it is that despite Judd Traver\'s attempts to redeem himself everyone is still so willing to think the worst of him