India Opal Buloni had just moved to Naomi for seeing her dad, the preacher, got a job offer. She ends up meeting a dog, she names Winn-Dixie after the place they met. He was her first friend there, although he was bizarre. He had a pathological fear of thunderstorms, he smiled with all of his teeth and he couldn't be alone, provided Opal took him everywhere she went. One day when Opal went to the library Winn-Dixie sat right by the window like always, since he wasn't allowed in. Miss Franny Block saw him and thought he was a bear, but then she meets him. After a story or two and Winn-Dixie’s smile, they befriended her. Winn-Dixie also helped Opal get a job at Gertrude's Pets, were the befriend Otis. When Opal was riding home the Dewberry