Because Of Winn-Dixie

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A.B. Davis M.S Tamika Scipio September 28, 2011 Ms. P. Brown H.R. 8A3 The book I have been reading is called “Because of Winn-Dixie” by Kate Dicamillo. The Genre of this story is Fiction. Some of the main characters in this story are India Opal, her father the preacher, there dog Winn Dixie, Miss Franny the librarian, Otis the store owner of a local pet store, and Gloria Dump a blind old woman who lives in the neighborhood. Opal and her father have just moved to Naomi, Florida. Opal’s father preaches at a small converted convenience store named “Open Arms Baptist”. Opal prays every night for the need of a new friend and how she misses her mother who left her and her father when she was just 3 yrs old. One day when Opal’s father was at work, he had left a grocery list on the fridge for Opal to go to a local grocery store called Winn Dixie. There she found a new friend, a stray dog running down the aisles of the store, trying to be caught by the store manager. The store manager asked “Whose dog is this!” Even though it wasn’t she wanted to take him back to the trailer park where she lived. “That’s my dog sir”. Opal said. Opal knew he didn’t belong to anyone. He was skinny, he was a mess, and he didn’t have on a collar. He looked like a carpet that had been left out in the rain. Opal noticed that the dog had a unique talent, he could SMILE! (Dog smiling, WOW!) She named him Winn-Dixie. Opal rushed home to show her dad her new friend, but when she came home she found her dad looking at old wedding pictures of him and her Opals mom. This made Opal very emotional and she started to ask about her mother. Her father began to tell little stories that Opal couldn’t remember. As her father told the story Winn-Dixie started to bark from outside. “What’s that noise?”He asked. Opal went outside,

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