Because of Winn-Dixie
novel by DiCamillo
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- In Kate DiCamillo
Her first novel, Because of Winn-Dixie (2000; film 2005), was published after a young editor spotted it in the “slush pile,” a publishing house’s collection of manuscripts sent unsolicited by aspiring authors. The novel—which tells the story of 10-year-old India Opal Buloni, a girl coping with the loss…
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