An Unforgettable First Novel About Coming Of Age One Sweet Summerâand Learning To Love What You Have. The Summer Opal And Her Father, The Preacher, Move To Naomi, Florida, Opal Goes Into The Winn-dixie Supermarketâand 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 Friendshipâand Forgivenessâcan Sneak Up On You Like A Sudden Summer Storm. Recalling The Fiction Of Harper Lee And Carson Mccullers, Here Is A Funny, Poignant, And Utterly Genuine First Novel From A Major New Talent.
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
- Friendship, Social Skills & School Life
- Friendship
- Friendship, Social Skills & School Life
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
Publisher : Candlewick
Author : DiCamillo, Kate
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2015-12-08
Number Of Pages : 208
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0763680869
ISBN-13 : 9780763680862
Item weight : 0.35 lb
Dimensions : 0.7 in x 5.1 in x 7.7 in
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