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Because Of Winn-Dixie
By Kate DiCamillo
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 2 - 5 | R | 3.9 | 22123 |
Recalling the fiction of Harper Lee and Carson McCullers, here is a funny, poignant, and utterly genuine first novel from a major new talent.
The summer Opal and her father, the preacher, move to Naomi, Florida, Opal goes into the Winn-Dixie supermarket--and comes out with a dog. A big, ugly, suffering dog with a sterling sense of humor. A dog she dubs Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, the preacher tells Opal ten things about her absent mother, one for each year Opal has been alive. Winn-Dixie is better at making friends than anyone Opal has ever known, and together they meet the local librarian, Miss Franny Block, who once fought off a bear with a copy of WAR AND PEACE. They meet Gloria Dump, who is nearly blind but sees with her heart, and Otis, an ex-con who sets the animals in his pet shop loose after hours, then lulls them with his guitar.Opal spends all that sweet summer collecting stories about her new friends and thinking about her mother. But because of Winn-Dixie or perhaps because she has grown, Opal learns to let go, just a little, and that friendship--and forgiveness--can sneak up on you like a sudden summer storm.
Publisher: Candlewick
ISBN-13: 9780763680862
ISBN-10: 0763680869
Published on 12/8/2015
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
Book Reviews (314)
starting to read it and so far it is really good
really good book very funny and unlike the stone fox and where the read fern grows it has a pretty good ending .but they do swear in the book but if you bye the book you can mark it out;)
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se trato de una nina llamaba opal y un dia su papa la mando a la tienda a comprar comida y bio que un senor estaba gritando quien metio a este perro y dijo opal no lomanden a la perrera ese perro es mio poreso ese libro me gusto pero no me gusto el final yo pense que iba a encontrar a su mama
i liked this boock cause in some points it got cool but i didin't like the ending cause it ended just having the partty and the boock somethimes got super boring but it was pretty cool
a mi me gusto el libro pero el ultimo capitulo no me gusto y mi parte favorita fue cuando fueron ala fiesta y cuando ya se iba a acabar el cuento estaba interesante perro no me gusto
if you are reading this book at the middle it is very interesting because some thing happens to winn dixie it was sad that part was sad for to opal. my very favorite part was when winn dixie had a very good talent about this smile
a mi si me gusto este libro pero no me gusto el ultimo capitulo porque yo pensaba que opal iba a encontro a su mama y que el libro iba a terminar en un good enging
i like this book because it was funny.i did not like the ending because she didn't meet her mom.i thought at the middle that winn-dixie was still lost but he was not he was under a bed.i also liked the book because it was a nice book i liked when Winn-Dixie was chasing a mouse in church. so i recommend this book for you to read.
i like this book because it is funny at the beginning .the story is about a girl opal that finds a dog named winn dixie. i dint like the ending.because i thougt opal was going to run away and look for there mom.