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Because of Winn-Dixie (2000) (edit title/settings)

by Kate DiCamillo (Author) (edit contributors)

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Recalling the fiction of Harper Lee and Carson McCullers,this 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,... read more

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This book is called Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. There is a girl named Opal, and she has a preacher as her dad. Well this is how it started, she went to Winn-Dixie to get a box of macaroni-and-cheese,some white rice,and two tomatoes. The manager was screaming "who let a dog in... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

This book is called Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. There is a girl named Opal, and she has a preacher as her dad. Well this is how it started, she went to Winn-Dixie to get a box of macaroni-and-cheese,some white rice,and two tomatoes. The manager was screaming "who let a dog in here'' at first she didn't see a dog she just saw vegetables on the floor, then it jumped on the manager and he was just about to call the pound when she said "don't call the pound that's my dog".That's how it all started. Opal got a job at the pet store. She worked for Otis. Her dog Winn-Dixie ran off to the witches house and that is how she became best friends with Gloria Dump. The dog really changed her life. She met new friends and had a new best friend. It helped her get over her mother. They all got together for a party at Gloria's house. It started to storm and Winn-Dixie ran off. Her father helped her search telling her that she was very important to him and he loved her very much. They went back to the party and found that Winn-Dixie was there all the time. Everyone was brought together because of him.

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  • India Opal Buloni: The main character who finds the dog - Winn-Dixie and many friends.
  • Winn-Dixie: Opal's friendly dog, named after a grocery store Opal in which found him.
  • Otis: Gutairist who gives Opal a job at Gertrude's Pets. One of Opals's friends.
  • Gloria Dump: Opal's new friend that she met and hosted a party with at her house. One of Opal's friends.
  • Miss Franny Block: The old lady who works at the library. Her father built her the library when she was a child. One of Opal's friends.
  • The preacher: Opal's father who misses his wife very much. Opal compares him to a turtle scared of the world.
  • Amanda Wilkinson: a girl that goes to Opal's church.
  • Sweetie Pie Thomas: a five year old girl that goes to Opal's church; loves Winn-Dixie
  • Carson Wilkinson: Someone whom Amanda misses dearly
  • Dunlap Dewberry: a boy at Opal's church that Opal thinks is a bald-head baby; brothers with Stevie
  • Stevie Dewberry: A boy at Opal's church that Opal thinks is a bald-head baby; brothers with Dunlap
  • Bum: Add a description of this character.
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  • “It's hard not to immediately fall in love with a dog who has a good sense of humor.”
  • “Let us pray for this mouse”
    the preacher
  • “I don't care what your mama says. She's not my mama, so she can't tell me what to do.”
    Opal Buloni
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  • “There ain’t no way you can hold on to something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.”
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  • Mostly, he looked like a big piece of old brown carpet that had been left out in the rain.
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  • I lay there and thought how life was like a Littmus Lozenge, how the sweet and the sad were all mixed up together and how hard it was to separate them out. It was confusing.
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  • I could understand the way Winn-Dixie felt. Getting left behind probably made his heart feel empty.
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  • “you don’t have any family and neither do I. I’ve got the preacher, of course. But I don’t have a mama. I mean I have one, but I don’t know where she is. She left when I was three years old. I can’t hardly remember her. And I bet you don’t remember your mama much either. So we’re almost like orphans.”
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  • I loved the preacher so much. I loved him because he loved Winn-Dixie. I loved him because he was going to forgive Winn-Dixie for being afraid. But most of all, I loved him for putting his arm around Winn-Dixie like that, like he was already trying to keep him safe.
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  • Miss Franny Block is in charge of them all. She is a very small, very old woman with short gray hair, and she was the first friend I made in Naomi.
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  • My name is India Opal Buloni,
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  • That summer I found Winn-Dixie was also the summer me and the preacher moved to Naomi, Florida, so he could be the new preacher at the Open Arms Baptist Church of Naomi.
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  • Sweetie Pie came in and I gave her a Littmus Lozenge, and she spit it right out; she said that it tasted bad. She said that it tasted like not having a dog.
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First Sentence edit see section history

My names is India Opal Buloni, and last summer my daddy, the preacher, sent me to to the store for macaroni-and-cheese, some white rice, and two tomatoes and I came back with a dog..

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in Newbery Honor Roll. (community list)
This is book 704 of 986 in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Kate DiCamillo (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Candlewick
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0763607762
Page Count: 182

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

this is a fun loving book for those dog loving people

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