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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. SamuelFlanders | Jun 28, 2009 |   Such a sweet book about a preacher's daughter whose mom has left. The preacher and the daughter move to a new town and Opal is lonely and finds it hard to make new friends. She finds a dog at the local Winn-Dixie and takes it home to raise as her own. Along the way, she befriends Otis who works at the pet store, Gloria Dump the local witch, Miss Franny Block the librarian, and several kids her own age by the end. I loved the relationship between her and the preacher and that they both seemed to heal throughout the book. It was definitely a bittersweet read, but you left feeling uplifted. (  )josier80 | Jun 25, 2009 | This is a great story, although I don't recommend it to anyone older than 12 (I've had many older kids tell me they hated how 'easy' it was and that it bored them.) Younger children will be more likely to appreciate this story about a young girl has to move to a new place where she doesn't know a soul, and how one day she meets a dog who changes her world. Very sweet story. (  )jfoster_sf | May 18, 2009 | Good book ( )EmileeDiaz1416 | May 11, 2009 | This is a heart warming book about a loving dog, and his owner, India. The dog was found in the grocery store called Winn-Dixie, where, obviously, he got his name. But India and Winn-Dixie have to face the Preacher, India's loving dad, whenever times with this sometimes naughty dog erupts. Maidas9 | May 11, 2009 | 0.030 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com (ISBN 0763616052, Paperback)Because of Winn-Dixie, a big, ugly, happy dog, 10-year-old Opal learns 10 things about her long-gone mother from her preacher father. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal makes new friends among the somewhat unusual residents of her new hometown, Naomi, Florida. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal begins to find her place in the world and let go of some of the sadness left by her mother's abandonment seven years earlier.With her newly adopted, goofy pooch at her side, Opal explores her bittersweet world and learns to listen to other people's lives. This warm and winning book hosts an unforgettable cast of characters, including a librarian who fought off a bear with a copy of War and Peace, an ex-con pet-store clerk who plays sweet music to his animal charges, and the neighborhood "witch," a nearly blind woman who sees with her heart. Part Frankie (The Member of the Wedding), part Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird), Opal brings her own unique and wonderful voice to a story of friendship, loneliness, and acceptance. Opal's down-home charm and dead-on honesty will earn her friends and fans far beyond the confines of Naomi, Florida. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:24 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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Also, in the middle of the book Opal, the main character who is a little girl, has a discussion with her best friend, an old woman named Gloria Dump, in which Gloria explains to Opal that she should not judge people for what they have done in the past, but for who they are now, which I think is a good principle. (