Because of Winn-Dixie

Description:

Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her becauThe 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 littlse of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

subjects: Freundschaft,  Hund,  Einsamkeit,  Ma˜dchen,  Teaching, aids and devices,  Juvenile fiction,  Fiction,  Dogs,  Urban animals,  Pets,  Friendship,  City and town life,  Reading Level-Grade 5,  Reading Level-Grade 4,  Reading Level-Grade 7,  Reading Level-Grade 6,  Reading Level-Grade 8,  Newbery Honor,  Large type books,  Juvenile literature,  Animals,  Social Themes,  Emotions & Feelings,  Children's fiction,  Dogs, fiction,  Girls, fiction,  Florida, fiction,  award:Newbery_award,  lexile:670,  lexile_range:601-700,  age:min:8,  age:max:10,  grade:min:4,  grade:max:7,  Vida urbana,  Ficción juvenil,  Perros,  Friendship, fiction,  Human-animal relationships, fiction,  Southern states, fiction,  Emotions, fiction,  award:Nēnē_award,  Children's Books,  Middle Grade,  Childrens,  Realistic Fiction,  Young Adult,  Classics,  Chapter Books,  coming of age

People: India Opal Buloni,  Otis,  Miss Franny Block,  Gloria Dump,  Amanda Wilkinson,  Sweetie Pie Thomas

Places: Florida