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Because of Winn-Dixie is about a girl named India Opal Buloni, whose mother left her and her father when she was very young.  One day at the grocery store, India finds a dog and brings him home.  Though India's daddy, the Preacher, says she doesn't need a dog, he lets Winn-Dixie (the dog) stay.  Winn-Dixie helps India make new friends and get along better with people.  But one day, during a thunderstorm, Winn-Dixie mysteriously disappears.  Will India ever find him?  Read this book to find out.

Spring 2004

Spring 2004

I read a book about a girl named Opal and her dog, Winn Dixie. Opal and her father, the preacher, have just moved from Watley, Florida to Naomi, Florida.  One day while Opal is at the grocery store a stray dog is running around loose.  Opal saves the dog from going to the pound. On the way home Opal and Winn Dixie get aquatinted and Opal discovers that Winn Dixie is also an Orphan. She tells the dog that her mother left her when she was little.  A strong friendship grows between them and together they make many new friends. Opal realizes how much she loves Winn Dixie when he mysteriously disappears in a thunderstorm. This book made me feel so sad that I really cried.

Fall 2003

Fall 2003

I would recommend this book to people who like to cry because this made me upset.

Fall 2003

The story is about a girl named India Opal Buloni .One day her father asks her to go to the store to get some groceries, but instead she comes back with something else. This is one of my favorite books.

Summer 2003

Winn-Dixie is a dog named after the grocery stores in the South.  India Opal Buloni is a girl who finds the dog and takes him home.  India's father is a preacher at Open Arms Baptist Church in Naomi, Florida.  There are so many, and I mean so many, funny things that happen in this book.  Winn-Dixie is a special dog because he smiles at people, but he has a really bad fear of thunderstorms and he can't stand being left alone.  At the end of the book Opal has a party with all of her new friends.  It starts to rain and thunde, but Opal is so concerned about the sandwiches getting wet that she forgets about Winn-Dixie.  When she finally remembers, Winn-Dixie has disappeared.  Will she find him?  Read the book to find out.

Summer 2002

A little girl named India Opal (who goes by Opal) is just three years old when her mother leaves.  She is left with her dad who is a priest.     Opal often thinks about her mother and feels like she has a hole in her heart where her mother should be. She finds a dog and names him Winn-Dixie.  He is a special dog who starts to fill the hole in her heart when he arrives.  Opal becomes friends with an older woman who is a librarian, loves to tell stories, and needs a friend,too.   Everyone is scared of another older woman that Opal befriends, except Opal. She also meets two young boys her age and two young girls.  She learns something new about all these people.  She discovers everybody is not perfect and that many people who are bad turn out to be great. Along the way she finds more and more information about her mother. This is a great book. I could never put it down. It took me one and a half days to read it. I recommend it to anyone who likes adventure, sorrow, and dogs.

Spring 2002