About this title: Abandoned by her mother when she was just three years old, 10-year-old India Opal has been raised primarily by her father, a Baptist preacher. When he relocates the family to a small Florida town, Opal has trouble adjusting, until the day her father sends her to the store to pick up a few necessities--and she comes back with a dog. Inspired by her ...
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Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 182 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780763616052ISBN:0763616052
Description: Very Good. Describes a book that doesn't look quite brand new. May show some small signs of wear or minor spine creasing. Note this book is considered a trade or oversize paperback book. Our ultimate goal is to provide you with a satisfying customer experience. read more
Description: Good. 0763616052 Book free of markings. Cover shows light to moderate wear incl. small. corner crease on front. Interior evidences gentle use, ample dogears (straightened), spine is uncreased & is straight, pages clean; overall, still a very serviceable copy. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 182 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minimal corner curlng with minor fanning of front cover. No creases at all. Text is clean and bright. Binding is tight. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
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"This book was good but not as good as it could be because I watched the movie before it! Opal the main character is going to the Win- Dixie grocery store for the preacher (her dad) when she is in the tomato section and a dog is running around with four crew members from the store following it. Win dixie stops and stares at opal, as if saying please help me! Then finally they caught him and the manager wanted him straight to the pound, opal didn't know what to do so she said "hey that is my dog" and they ended up believing her so she got to take him home. Who knows what the preacher is gonna say, and her neighbor who hates HATES pets? So if you are a dog lover this is a book for you, that is exactly why I read it!"
"it was a long summer day in Noami, Florida.when India Opal Buloni walked into the grocery store for a box of macaroni and cheese, white rice and two tomatoes.when suddenly she bumped right into the manager of the Winn-Dixie grocery store.When the manager shouted "who let a dirty dog in here?".At first Opal didn't see a dog but then a dog came running around the corner knocking just about everything over.The manager kept on yelling Opal new she had to do something so she said "Wait a minute!", "that's my dog.Don't call the pound!".then her mind was racing for what to do next so she said again "Here boy...come on Winn-Dixie" and the dog came right over to her like it was his real name and like he had been her dog all along.then she takes her dog to her home and begs her dad to let her keep him.He says she can for a little wile and that they will see how he behaves.You will have to read the book to find out about how he changes India Opal Buloni's life!"
"Ok, I must say that I wasn't expecting much out of this book. Of course, this was based on the movie preview, which looked stupid. However, I got so into it I finished it in a couple hours last night. It's the story of Opal (who's mom left her when she was three) and her dad, who is a preacher of the local church. Opal finds a dog running loose in the Winn-Dixie and decides to take it home and adopt and names it after the store she found it in. She has moved there from another town and is the new girl, so she has problems fitting in. Winn-Dixie changes this and she begins to discover new friends, and her and her dad grow closer while taking care of the dog. The preacher, as she calls her dad, opens up to her and talks about her mother for the first time ever."
"I felt a little weird picking this one up, being 32 and all, but it was recommended for the handling of the child narrator and I have to agree. It is, very obviously, a youth book, but the child narrator is handled well. The language, logic, and perception of the narrator are all believably that of a child. I think the aspects I appreciate most is the narrator's tendency to use comparison to describe rather than adjectives and the narrator's tendency to project emotions onto others.
As a weird side note, there is a section where she is trying to convince someone her dog will behave so she tells them that the dog goes to church. Suddenly, I was thinking of this old episode of Green Acres. The husband is trying to buy a bull to go with their cow and he's haggling with the owner. Eva is hanging out making her typical Eva Gabor comments. They end up having two conversations going and they're talking both about the bull and the owner's son. The owner mentions something about him being at college (the son) and Eva says "Oh! I like a bull that goes to college.""
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