Because of Winn-Dixie

Win-Dixie, the inspiration for the popular film and a Newbery Honor winner, is now available in a paperback digest format certain to inspire new readers. When Opal's preacher father and she 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 Win-Dixie. Because of Win-Dixie, the preacher tells Opal ten things about her absent mother, one for each year Opal has been alive. Win-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.