Because of Winn-Dixie

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Label

Because of Winn-Dixie

Statement of responsibility

Kate DiCamillo

Creator

• trueDiCamillo, Kate

Contributor

• truePatchett, Ann

Author

• trueDiCamillo, Kate

Writer of introduction

• truePatchett, Ann

Subject

• trueSmall town life -- Florida
• trueSmall town life
• trueMoving to a new city
• trueMother-separated girls -- Florida
• trueChildren of clergy
• trueChildren of clergy -- Florida
• trueDogs
• Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFathers and daughters
• trueFathers and daughters -- Florida
• Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFlorida
• Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
• Girls -- Juvenile fiction
• trueGirls and dogs
• Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction
• trueMother-separated girls
• Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction
• trueTen-year-old girls -- Florida
• trueTen-year-old girls

Genre

• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

One summer's day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It's because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it's because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Pace

• trueLeisurely paced

Tone

• trueSad
• trueFeel-good

Character

• trueLikeable
• trueBelievable

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2001
• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland), Grades 4-6, 2002.
• Blue Hen Book Award (Delaware) for Chapter Books, 2002.
• Book Sense Book of the Year for Children's Literature, 2001.
• California Young Reader Medal, Intermediate, 2003.
• Charlotte Award (New York), Intermediary,2002.
• Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Intermediate, 2003.
• Golden Sower Award (Nebraska), Grades 4-6, 2003.
• Great Stone Face Children's Book Award (New Hampshire), 2002.
• Iowa Children's Choice Award, 2003.
• Josette Frank Award, 2001.
• Keystone to Reading Book Award (Pennsylvania), Intermediate category, 2003.
• Land of Enchantment Book Award (New Mexico), Children's category, 2003.
• Maine Student Book Award, 2002.
• Mark Twain Award (Missouri), 2003.
• Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 2002.
• Mitten Award (Michigan), 2000.
• Nene Award (Hawaii), 2005.
• New York Times Notable Children's Book, 2000
• Nutmeg Children's Book Award, 2003.
• Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award (South Dakota), 2003.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2000.
• Sequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma), Children’s Books, 2003.
• South Carolina Book Award, Children’s Books, 2003.
• Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Florida), 2002.
• Texas Bluebonnet Award, 2002.
• Virginia Readers' Choice Award for Elementary School, 2003.
• West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award, 2003.
• William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas) for Third-Fifth Grade, 2003.
• Young Hoosier Book Award, Intermediate Books, 2003.
• Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest), Junior, 2003.
• Sasquatch Book Award (Washington)

Cataloging source

YDX

Index

no index present

LC call number

PZ

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 6