The Horn Book Magazine, July 1st, 2000
Kate DiCamillo Because of Winn-Dixie 182 pp. Candlewick 3/00 ISBN 0-7636-0776-2 15.99 (Intermediate)
According to Miss Franny Block, the town librarian in Naomi, Florida, her great-grandfather made his fortune after the Civil War by manufacturing a candy "that tasted sweet and sad at the same time." Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni (called Opal) thinks this description of the candy sounds a lot like life, where "the sweet and the sad were all mixed up together," too. It's also a pretty apt description of this engaging Southern-style first-person novel, featuring a girl and dog with a lot to o...
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