India Opal Buloni Timeline and Summary

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• Opal accidentally-on-purpose adopts a stray dog in a Winn-Dixie grocery store and names him Winn-Dixie.
• Opal asks her father for ten facts about her mother.
• After Winn-Dixie scares Miss Franny Block, Opal and the little old librarian become storytelling friends.
• Opal convinces Otis to give her a job at the pet store so she can buy a sweet red collar and leash for Winn-Dixie.
• Thanks to Winn-Dixie, Opal meets Gloria Dump and dumps her entire life story into her lap (pun intended).
• In return, Gloria Dump teaches Opal about her mistake tree.
• Opal and the preacher realize that thunderstorms freak Winn-Dixie out. Cue foreshadowing.
• Miss Franny tells Opal and Amanda about her great-grandpa Littmus W. Block and his famous candy.
• She gives Opal a bunch of Littmus Lozenges, and Opal hands them out to everyone she knows.
• Thanks to the tasty candies, Opal learns that pretty much everyone—even five-year-olds—is sad about something.
• Gloria and Opal throw a party.
• Everyone comes, and it's shaping up to be the event of the season, when a thunderstorm hits.
• They save the egg-salad sandwiches, but then Opal realizes that Winn-Dixie is missing. Remember how he's terrified of thunder?
• She and the preacher search for him and end up having a heart-to-heart about her mom that magically fixes their relationship.
• When they get back to the party, they find out Winn-Dixie was there all along.
• Opal goes outside and has an imaginary conversation with her mom in front of the mistake tree.
• So long, Mom. Opal is going to start living her life again.
• And she starts by learning new songs to sing with her friends and father.