Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.9
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
22123
Points per Word
0.000136
Page Count
192
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni brings home a scruffy dog named Winn-Dixie from the local supermarket in the small town of Naomi, Florida, during one summer. The dog helps her make friends in her new neighborhood and gives her the courage to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three years old. Through her friendship with Winn-Dixie, Opal learns about forgiveness, loneliness, and finding companionship.