One summer's day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries - and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It's because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it's because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie.

"Walking gthrough the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger--a real-life, very large tiger--pacing back and forth in a cage. What's more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn to trust each other, and ultimately, to be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that some things--like memories, and heartache, and tigers--can't...

"En se promenant dans les bois embrumés de Floride, un beau matin, Rob Horton, douze ans, rencontre avec surprise un tigre faisant les cent pas dans une cage. La même journée, Rob rencontre Sistine Bailey, une fille qui dévoile ses sentiments aussi rapidement que Rob est capable de cacher les siens. Alors qu'ils apprennent à se faire confiance et, finalement, à être amis, Rob et Sistine parviennent à prouver que certaines choses ne peuvent...