Revisit Kate DiCamillo’s beloved first novel with a beautiful twentieth-anniversary edition featuring an introduction by Ann Patchett.
“This book is (I hope) a hymn of praise to dogs, friendship, and the South,” Kate DiCamillo said of her best-selling debut novel, which has been awarded a Newbery Honor, translated into nearly thirty languages, and turned into a major motion picture. The story of a preacher’s daughter named Opal whose life is transformed by a scruffy dog named Winn-Dixie continues to touch the hearts of readers of all ages. Celebrate twenty years of Because of Winn-Dixie with a signature anniversary edition featuring a redesigned cover, an introduction by PEN/Faulkner Award–winning author Ann Patchett, and an afterword by Kate DiCamillo.
Because of Winn-Dixie (Anniversary Edition) by Kate DiCamillo, Ann Patchett
Kate DiCamillo is the author of many adored and award-winning books for young readers, including The Tale of Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses, which each received a Newbery Medal, as well as The Tiger Rising, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Magician's Elephant, and the Raymie Nightingale sequence of novels. A former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, she lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
ISBN-13: 9781536214345
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication date: 12/01/2020
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.38(w) x 8.19(h) x 0.73(d)
Lexile: 670L
Age Range: 9 - 12 Years
Chapter Books - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dogs
Chapter books - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
Chapter books - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
LC Subjects:
-Dogs -Human-animal relationships
-Loneliness -Girls
-Fathers and daughters -Friendship
- Topical | Friendship
Dewey: FIC
LC Call Number: PZ7.D5455
Lexile Level: 670