Remember the books from our childhood like Goosebumps, The Unfortunate Events or the Harry Potter. How about the book Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo a classic that every child should read. This book is about a unwanted suffering dog and a lonely girl Opal who lives with her preacher father. Opal desperately wants to know more about the mother who walked out on her and her father when she was just a baby except her father refuses to talk about her mother. But because of Winn-Dixie, Opal’s father told Opal 10 things about her absent mother, 1 thing for each year she has lived. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal made friends for the first time. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal learnes to get to know a person by judging their heart not their appearance. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal doesn’t feel lonely anymore. “Opal spends all that sweet summer collecting stories about her new friends and thinking about her mother. But because of Winn-Dixie or perhaps because she has grown, Opal learns to let go, just a little, and that friendship–and forgiveness–can sneak up on you like a sudden summer storm.“