num_pages: 2
description: When 10-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida, with her father, she doesn't know what to expect -- least of all, that she'll adopt Winn-Dixie, a dog she names after the supermarket where they met.Right away, Opal knows she can tell Winn-Dixie anything -- like the fact that lately she's been thinking a lot about her mother, who left when Opal was three. And that her father, the preacher, won't talk about her mother at all. And that she's lonely. But with such an unusually friendly dog at her side, Opal soon find rself making more than a few unusual friends. And untimately, Opal and the preacher realize -- with a little help from Winn-Dixie, of course -- that while they've both tasted a bit of melancholy in their lives, they still have a whole lot to be thankful for.
language: English
title: Because of Winn-Dixie
titlecomplete: Because of Winn-Dixie
characters: The Preacher, Otis, India Opal Buloni, Winn-Dixie, Miss Franny Block, Amanda Wilkinson, Gloria Dump
genres: Fiction, Animals, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Classics, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Dogs
ratings_count: 249512
places: Florida
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Josette Frank Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Texas Bluebonnet Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Charlotte Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Nene Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
category: Grade 4-6, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Keystone to Reading Book Award
category: Intermediate, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Sunshine State Young Readers Award
category: Grades 3-5, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award
category: Junior, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award
category: Children's, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Chapman Award for Shared Reading
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Washington State Sasquatch Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
category: Children, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Mark Twain Readers Award
publisher: Listening Library