From chapters.ca:Ten-year old India Opal Buloni moves to a small town in Florida with her father, a perpetually distracted preacher. Opal feels lonely -- as usual -- until she makes friends with a big, old, mangy dog who seems to be able to smile. Named Winn-Dixie after the supermarket where she found him, Opal and the dog become inseparable. Winn-Dixie helps to fill an empty spot in Opal's heart -- a spot left by her mother -- a lively woman who left her husband and three-year-old Opal because she just couldn't stop drinking. It's not easy making friends in a new town, but Winn-Dixie paves the way, and soon Opal finds herself surrounded with people who have empty spots in their hearts as well. There's Miss Franny Block, the librarian, and Otis, the man at the pet shop, lonely five-year old Sweetie Pie and Miss Gloria Dump. As for Opal's daddy, the preacher, he needs a friend as well.
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