Opal and her father move to Florida and one day Opal goes in the Winn-Dixie Super Market and comes out with a dog she names Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, her father, the preacher, tells Opal ten things about her absent mother, one for each year she has been alive. That summer, Winn-Dixie and Opal meet many new friends and spend a lot of time together. Many great new things happen because of Winn-Dixie. ( )

Newbery Honor Book!

This story follows a little girl named Opal, who just moved to a new southern town when her dad got a new job as the town priest. Opal struggles to make friends until she comes across a lost dog who changes her life forever. She goes from having no friends to developing many new positive relationships, even ones she did not think she would ever have. ( )

A lovely children's book about a lonely 10-year-old in a new town, who "rescues" a stray dog, and finds that the benefits are mutual. Newbery Honor winner. Loved it.
Read in 2014 ( )

Pretty good YA novel of a girl and a dog in a new town in the South. ( )