Because of Winn-Dixie Anniversary Edition

<b>Revisit Kate DiCamillo&#146;s beloved first novel with a beautiful twentieth-anniversary edition featuring an introduction by Ann Patchett.</b><br><br>&#147;This book is (I hope) a hymn of praise to dogs friendship and the South&#148; Kate DiCamillo said of her best-selling debut novel which has been awarded a Newbery Honor translated into nearly thirty languages and turned into a major motion picture. The story of a preacher&#146;s daughter named Opal whose life is transformed by a scruffy dog named Winn-Dixie continues to touch the hearts of readers of all ages. Celebrate twenty years of <i>Because of Winn-Dixie </i>with a signature anniversary edition featuring a redesigned cover an introduction by PEN/Faulkner Award&#150;winning author Ann Patchett and an afterword by Kate DiCamillo.