Beyond Never Land
by Kiki Thorpe
Grades 1-4; Genre - Fantasy; GRL N; AR pts. 1.0
When Tinker Bell sets out on a trip beyond Never Land and disappears, it’s up to the Never Girls—Kate, Mia, Lainey, and Gabby—to find their missing fairy friend. But Tink’s mission has taken her farther from Pixie Hollow than any fairy has ever gone before. Can the Never Girls, along with their fairy friends Silvermist, Fawn, Rosetta, and Iridessa, track Tink down before she’s lost forever?
Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1
- Why was the wooden boat special? It was the girls’ great grandfather’s p.8
Chapter 2
- What’s Tink’s problem in this chapter? She’s tired of the same thing each day and feels like she’s missing something; she’d like to go on an adventure p.19
Chapter 3
- What’s excitement in this chapter? A snake was threatening to attack a fairy in the orchard; Kate threw an apple and distracted it; other fairies swooped in and saved the fairy; everyone else made noise and the snake left p.28
Chapter 4
- What did Tink do in this chapter? She found the girls’ boat and thought it was for her; she magically brought it into her workshop and fixed it up; she told her friends what she was doing; she copied the map so she could take it with her; her shadow drew things on the map she couldn’t see p.35
Chapter 5
- Why would Gabby rather have her father mad at her than be disappointed in her? She’d really let her dad down p.54
- Have you ever felt this way? Explain. Listen to your child’s answer.
Chapter 6
- Summarize this chapter. Gabby and the girls couldn’t find the boat; Tink had taken it sailing that morning; Tink sailed next to flying fish and lost sight of the island; a cloud came and rained on her; she turned around but couldn’t see land p.61
Chapter 7
- Why was it rude to take the map out of Tink’s workshop? Gabby shouldn’t have taken it without permission; she shouldn’t have snooped around Tink’s office without permission; you should always have permission to go into someone else’s space and ask permission to take their things p.80
Chapter 8
- Why is Gabby worried about her friend and the boat? Nothing that has ever gone to the island has ever come be back p.92
Chapter 9
- Why was Tink disheartened and nervous at the end of this chapter? She wasn’t in Never Land and she wasn’t alone p.101
Chapter 10
- How does this story end? The girls and fairies left to go find Tink; they saw a small black cloud p.104