Because of Winn-Dixie

Because of Winn-Dixie is a children's novel written by Kate DiCamillo, which was published in 2000, and was the winner of a Newbery Honor distinction the following year.[1] In 2000, the book won the Josette Frank Award,[2] and in 2003 won the Mark Twain Award.[3] It was adapted as a 2005 family film directed by Wayne Wang, produced by Walden Media and Twentieth Century Fox, and starring AnnaSophia Robb as Opal Buloni.[4][5]

This article is about the novel. For the 2005 film adaptation, see Because of Winn-Dixie (film).
Because of Winn-Dixie
First edition
AuthorKate DiCamillo
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's novel
PublisherCandlewick Press (US)
Walker Books (UK)
Publication date
March 2000
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages182 pp.
ISBN0-7636-0776-2
OCLC41601218
Followed byThe Tiger Rising 

In 2007 the U.S. National Education Association named Winn-Dixie one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children", based on an online poll.[6] In 2012 it was ranked number 20 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal – the first of three books by DiCamillo in the Top 100.[7]

Plot Summary

A 10-year-old girl named India Opal Bulloni has just moved to a trailer park in the small town of Naomi, Florida, with her father, who is known as The Preacher because he preaches at the local church. While in the supermarket, Opal sees a scruffy dog wrecking the store and decides to take him home, naming him Winn-Dixie after the supermarket chain. Miss Franny Block, a librarian, shares great stories about her past, including one about her great-grandfather, whose family members died while he was fighting for the South in the Civil War. He invented Littmus Lozenge candies, which tasted like root beer and strawberry but included a secret ingredient—melancholy. Anyone who tasted the candies tasted sweetness mixed with sadness. In Because of Winn-Dixie, these candies symbolize that even though life sometimes deals people a bit of sadness, there is always much to appreciate. Opal learns that her sour-faced neighbor, Amanda Wilkinson, lost her brother Carson because he drowned. She vows to be nicer to her from then on.

Opal finds a dog collar that she wants to buy for Winn-Dixie, but she has no money and decides to work for the pet store to earn it. Otis, a worker at Gertrude's Pets, is unwilling to hire Opal as a cleaning girl, but she comes to work. When Opal and Winn-Dixie step into the store, the animals panic when they see the big dog. Otis plays his guitar to calm them. Opal learns that Otis once went to jail for battering a police officer who told him that he could not play his guitar on the street because he was disturbing others and tried to confiscate it.

While Opal is riding her bike and Winn-Dixie runs ahead, they meet a woman named Gloria Dump. She and Opal become good friends. Opal and Gloria, a recovering alcoholic, decide to host a small party, inspired by the one in Gone With the Wind, inviting everyone they know. In the process, Opal becomes a friend to her former enemies, the brothers Stevie and Dunlap Dewberry. She also invites Amanda Wilkinson and Sweetie Pie Thomas, a girl who has no pet, and so has fallen in love with Winn-Dixie. Otis and Miss Franny Block are also invited.

Opal and Gloria set up everything outdoors, but it starts to rain, so they bring the party indoors. Opal can't find Winn-Dixie anywhere, even after searching the town. Ten minutes later she returns to Gloria's home to discover that Winn-Dixie has been there all the time, hiding because he is scared of storms. The book ends with Otis playing his guitar and everyone singing one of The Preacher's songs.

Translations

Translated to Persian, published in 2005 by Ghatreh.[8]

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References
  1. Newbery Medal winners
  2. Josette Frank Award winners Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Mark Twain Award winners
  4. Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) Allmovie entry
  5. Because of Winn-Dixie - IMDb Retrieved 2015-08-22
  6. National Education Association (2007). "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Retrieved August 19, 2012.
  7. Bird, Elizabeth (July 7, 2012). "Top 100 Chapter Book Poll Results". A Fuse #8 Production. Blog. School Library Journal (blog.schoollibraryjournal.com). Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
  8. "به‌خاطر وین دیکسی". کتابک Ketabak (in Persian).
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