Because Of Winn-Dixie

Because Of Winn-Dixie

By Kate DiCamillo

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Grades 4 - 8Grades 2 - 5R3.922123

 

Recalling the fiction of Harper Lee and Carson McCullers, here is a funny, poignant, and utterly genuine first novel from a major new talent.
The summer Opal and her father, the preacher, move to Naomi, Florida, Opal goes into the Winn-Dixie supermarket--and comes out with a dog. A big, ugly, suffering dog with a sterling sense of humor. A dog she dubs Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, the preacher tells Opal ten things about her absent mother, one for each year Opal has been alive. Winn-Dixie is better at making friends than anyone Opal has ever known, and together they meet the local librarian, Miss Franny Block, who once fought off a bear with a copy of WAR AND PEACE. They meet Gloria Dump, who is nearly blind but sees with her heart, and Otis, an ex-con who sets the animals in his pet shop loose after hours, then lulls them with his guitar.Opal spends all that sweet summer collecting stories about her new friends and thinking about her mother. But because of Winn-Dixie or perhaps because she has grown, Opal learns to let go, just a little, and that friendship--and forgiveness--can sneak up on you like a sudden summer storm.

 

Publisher: Candlewick
ISBN-13: 9780763680862
ISBN-10: 0763680869
Published on 12/8/2015
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 208

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I think this author is the best she has a newberry award and she rights about animals which I like. and i like she plans to right it out because it turns out so good her books are the in the world

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this one of my favorite book from kate

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I love this book and it’s so good that my teacher cried from reading it.And there’s a movie about it.😻😁👍🏼

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i think this book is one of the best! I read it 2019, and... IT'S AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think kids in 3-6 grade should read this book! # i love it! :) :):):)

This book is about a new 10 year old girl that just moved to florida. She least expects that she meets lots of people and gets a dog.

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I recommend this book because it is about true friendship and happiness. It is about a girl name Opal and she was very lonely. But then she met a dog that changes her life. People who love books about friendship would 100% love this book.

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my class and i are reading this book and o far it is really good.

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i read this book in 3rd grade

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