{"product_id":"because-of-winn-dixie","title":"Because of Winn-Dixie","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBecause of Winn-Dixie\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eKate DiCamillo\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780763616052\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCandlewick\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2001\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Volumes: \u003c\/b\u003e7\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e192\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny and poignant, this 2001 Newbery Honor novel captures life in a quirky Southern town as Opal and her mangy dog, Winn-Dixie, strike up friendships among the locals. (Ages 8 and up)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOpal 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecalling the fiction of Harper Lee and Carson McCullers, here is a funny, poignant, and utterly genuine first novel from a major new talent.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Because of Winn-Dixie | Kate DiCamillo | Paperback | 9780763616052 | Used: Very Good | Children's Books 1770672","offer_id":49547482529944,"sku":"1770672","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/A1bwiU4dfUL.jpg?v=1784840709","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/because-of-winn-dixie","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}