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The Winn-Dixie of the title is big sook of a stray dog who comes into 10 year old Opal's life at a time when she needs a friend. Her mother is gone, her father works too hard, they have just arrived in a new town and she has no one. Winn-Dixie however is great at making friends and over the course of the book Opal's life turns around. Young Opal has just moved to Florida with her father and is lonely for her mother who left the family seven years before. On a trip to the supermarket (Winn-Dixie) she rescues a dog getting into trouble inside. Opal becomes her best friends and together they meet many wonderful characters over the summer.
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Opal is new in town, no friends to speak of (other than the new-found Winn Dixie) and so looking for some companionship. The story of her making that important foundation of friendship in a new place could be a lesson to all of us. Opal was in the grocery store buying groceries for the preacher whenever people started yelling...
I really need to read every single one of Kate DiCamillo's books because I've loved every one I've tried. “Because of Winn-Dixie” is an uplifting novella that made me laugh out loud while enjoying the read. Winn-Dixie is a supermarket chain located throughout southeastern US. India Opal, a girl of ten or so, goes into one of the stores to buy a few things, and comes out with a mangy, smelly large dog. He got inside the store somehow and created havoc, knocking over produce stands, and had all the store people chasing him. So Opal adopted the dog, took him home, cleaned him up and named him “Winn-Dixie”.
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This is a short novel but it contains a lot of reflection on grief, pain and friendship. In both cases, a father is left to take care of his child without the help of a mother. And in both cases, a young girl, observant but not omniscient, grapples with problems and mysteries much bigger than she is, and gradually works her way toward a solution.
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She loves all of the stories from her new friends like the town librarian, a local woman who is rumored to be a witch as well as a guitar-playing ex-con pet store clerk. These characters and their stories help Opal to start to connect with other children, help deal with her loss and sadness and even realize that others may be dealing with loss and sadness of their own. I think this is the year that I have discovered young adult and middle grade fiction as a genre full of quality books.
Of course there are lessons to be learned in acceptance of life and of other people. Still, a magical synergy of some kind brings everyone together as friends. Because of Winn-Dixie seems like a kids book twin of the this book. Both feature a young girl or woman who move to small town from a troubled past and breathe in all the charm that the community has to offer. Because of Winn-Dixie is Kate DeCamillo's Newberry Award winning debut novel. It features ten year old India Opal Buloni who has just moved from Watley to Naomi, Florida with her father the Preacher.
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