Because+of+Winn-Dixie



Because of Winn-Dixie is by Kate DiCamillo.India Opal Buloni likes to be called by her middle name Opal because she doesn't like her first name.Her dad is a preacher and she finds her dad as a turtle that never comes out of his shell.Then there's Winn Dixie he was a stray and Opal found him at a grocery store and brought him home.Winn Dixie was really skinny like he hasn't eaten in months and was dirty and scruffy.This story takes place in Naomi,Flordia where it is hot out all the time.

The theme is about how a dog or anything can seem as your best friend and if you give someone a chance you might actully like them it's like the saying don't judge a book by its cover.

The climax is that Opal finds out that she likes Amanda and the Dunlap boys.

The external conflict of this book was how Opals dad the preacher told her that her "Your mother didn't leave you she left me but she left something very important" Opal asked "what?" "She left you behind and thank God for that"