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Violence
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No violence
Language
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No profanity
Sexual Content
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No sexual content
Substance Use
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No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Mild sadness about an absent parent; themes of loneliness and belonging handled with warmth
What this book is about
Ten-year-old Opal Buloni, new to Naomi, Florida, where her preacher father has taken a church, finds a scraggly stray dog in a Winn-Dixie supermarket and names him after the store. That summer, Winn-Dixie opens door after door for Opal—friendships with lonely neighbors, connections to unexpected community members, and an unexpected bridge to the mother who left when she was three. DiCamillo's Newbery Honor book is warm, funny, and gently heartbreaking.
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Mild sadness about an absent parent
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