Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo, 2000
A lonely girl, a stray dog who smiles, and a small Florida town: a first novel about how a friend can be found in a supermarket aisle.
Kate DiCamillo
DiCamillo wrote the first draft while working at a Minneapolis book warehouse, homesick for Florida's heat; Because of Winn-Dixie, her debut, was published in 2000 and won a Newbery Honor.
Feels like tenderness, friendship and joy.
Grief has a shape, and your tongue keeps finding it.
Thinking about her was the same as the hole you keep on feeling with your tongue after you lose a tooth. Time after time, my mind kept going to that empty spot, the spot where I felt like she should be. Books by Kate DiCamillo
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