Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread
DiCamillo, Kate
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