Because of Winn Dixie by: Kate DiCamillo is about a 10 year old girl named Opal. Opal has just moved to Naomi, Flordia with her preacher father. She is not only tryign to make friends but has so many unanswered questions about her mother. She left when Opal was 3 and her father has told Opal very little about her. On an errand to the local Winn Dixie, Opal meets an ugly, large, homeless dog that she immediately befriends. Opal's father agrees that she can keep him. Together the pair begins to make friends. They befriend Otis, the exconvict, Miss Franny, the local librarian, and Miss Gloria Dump, the old lady that all the kids believe is a witch. With Winn Dixie at her side, Opal, learns many lessons about friendship, love, forgiveness, and tolerance. She esyablishes a relationship with her father that she has ever known and learns more about her mother. The love of this dog helps her accomplish so much.
I did enjoy the movie yet it did not touch me as the book did. I read this book as a little girl and enjoyed reading this time as much as I did then. The movie and book differed slightly. They left several parts from the book out of the movie. The order of events in the book also slightly differed in the movie. The movie does not do the book justice.
This book makes me think about my dog, Princess, that I had as a young girl. She was a very special dog to our whole family and my very best friend. Although she did not go everywhere with me, like Winn Dixie did with Opal I think that we also also held a special bond.
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