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Because of Winn-Dixie

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A classic tale by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, The usa’s beloved storyteller.

One summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries – and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no strange dog. It’s As a result of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it’s As a result of Winn-Dixie that she in spite of everything dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In reality, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is As a result of Winn-Dixie. Featuring a new cover illustration by E. B. Lewis.
As a result of Winn-Dixie, a big, ugly, happy dog, 10-year-old Opal learns 10 things about her long-gone mother from her preacher father. As a result of Winn-Dixie, Opal makes new friends a few of the quite atypical residents of her new hometown, Naomi, Florida. As a result of Winn-Dixie, Opal begins to find her place on the earth and let go of one of the vital 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


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