A cutesy children's book in which nothing much happens. Opal, a preacher's daughter, finds a scruffy dog whilst picking up groceries. She names the dog after the shop, Winn-Dixie. It's a gentle book whose main aim seems to be to be clean and upstanding. It reads like a story written 60 years ago rather than one published in 2000. It's all railroad tracks, egg salad sandwiches, 'the preacher said' and "Daddy, oh Daddy what should we do?"

I needed a book that was published 24 years ago for the Pop Sugar 2024 reading challenge. I saw this for the prompt and knowing it was a classic dog based book, I thought I'd give it a go. I mean, it worked for the prompt but honestly, I'll struggle to tell you what happened in it by tomorrow. It's an obvious ⭐ for me.