Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo ISBN# 0-439-74674-4
India Opal Buloni and her Preacher Father move to Naomi, Florida mainly because his wife left Opal and him because she had a substance problem. This leaves Opal with many questions and many fears because she does not know how she is going to adapt to a new town. But a dog saves the day. Not any dog, but a stray Opal finds in a Winn-Dixie supermarket. She names the dog Winn-Dixie.
Most of the characters in the book are lonely. There’s Otis, (the shy singer), Gloria Dump, (most people think she is a witch), Fanny Block (the librarian), and The Preacher, among others. What they all have in common is the dog and Opal. Somehow Opal links them all together. The themes of love, loneliness, and kindness are key to this book.
This book has a great sense of place. DiCamillo really shows the reader what Florida feels like.
This book is recommended for the lower end of the tween age range. This is a very sweet book, but I can see it turning off many older, especially boy readers because it tends to be sentimental.
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