Because of Winn-Dixie

a young, friendly girl who becomes friends many different people

• Preacher

• Opal

• Amanda Wilkinson

• Otis

a little girl who loves the color pink and dogs

• Opal

• Amanda Wilkinson

• Miss Franny

• Sweetie Pie Thomas

a woman who Opal only knows ten things about

• Opal's Mother

• Miss Franny

• Gloria Dump

• Winn-Dixie

a man who Opal compares to a turtle

• Otis

• the Preacher

• Carson

• Stevie Dewberry

the dog who helps Opal get through her first summer in Naomi

• Gertrude

• Otis

• Winn Dixie

• Sweetie Pie Thomas

an older woman who owns the Herman W. Block Memorial Library

• Opal

• Gloria Dump

• Opal's Mother

• Miss Franny

an old woman who loves to talk to people, but is thought to be a witch by the Dewberry brothers

• Gloria Dump

• Opal's Mother

• Sweetie Pie Thomas

• Amanda Wilkinson

a young girl who looks "pinch faced"

• Opal

• Amanda Wilkinson

• Sweetie Pie Thomas

• Gloria Dump

brothers who give Opal a hard time

• Otis & Gertrude

• Miss Franny & Gloria Dump

• Winn-Dixie & the Preacher

• Stevie & Dunlap Dewberry

a shy man who works at Gertrude's Pets

• Otis

• the Preacher

• Gertrude

• Stevie Dewberry