ISBN: 978-0763644321
"My name is India Opal Buloni, and last summer my daddy, the preacher, sent me to the store for a box of macaroni-and-cheese, some white rice, and two tomatoes and I came back with a dog."
So begins Because of Winn-Dixie, named for the dog that India finds, who she names after the grocery store where she finds him. He's big, dirty, and strange looking, but he's friendly, and he can smile. Winn-Dixie is Opal's constant companion as she comes to know her new neighbors in Naomi, Florida, the town where she and her father have just moved to. She meets Amanda Wilkinson, a girl with a pinched, sad face; Miss Franny Block, the town librarian, and Gloria Dump, and old, blind woman who the neighborhood children fear, and Otis, the clerk at the local pet store, who plays his guitar for the animals. Each person Opal meets has their own secret sadness, and it is the revelation of the shared experience of sadness that ultimately connects them all.
A Newberry honor recipient, this small, spare book is perfect for tucking in your pocket on a summer day. The subtle themes may be more appreciated be slightly older tweens.
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