Wedding Wings

by Kiki Thorpe

Grades 1-4; Genre - Fantasy; GRL N; AR pts. 2.0

The Never Girls are going to a wedding, and Gabby is the flower girl. When the fairies hear about it, they wish they could go, too. One little fairy hiding in Gabby's basket couldn't cause too much trouble, right?

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

1. What did Gabby want to tell her friends in Never Land? She’s the flower girl at a wedding p.3
2. What rule did Gabby forget? She needs to wait for all her friends to go to Never Land p.10
3. Should Gabby tell her friends she went to Never Land without them? Why, or why not? Yes, she needs to be honest so they can trust her p.12
4. Have you been to a wedding? Explain. Listen to your child’s answer

Chapter 2

1. Was Gabby honest in this chapter? Explain? She didn’t tell her friends she went to Never Land; she didn’t tell her sister a fairy was coming to the wedding p.22
2. Is it a good idea for Bess to come to the wedding? Explain. Predict what you think will happen. Listen to your child’s answer

Chapter 3

1. What trouble did Gabby find in this chapter? She tried on the veil when she wasn’t supposed to touch it; she used fairy dust on it to put it back on the hanger, but it instead flew out the window p.40

Chapter 4

1. Summarize Bess’s adventure at the wedding. She went to explore and was interested in a place setting, saw two people that looked like fairies and realized she was standing on the cake, she made footprints in the frosting then fell off; she found the chocolate fountain and fell in; people saw her and thought she was a big brown bug p.44
2. Why was she in danger? Humans don’t like bugs and may want to squish her p.54

Chapter 5

1. Describe Gabby’s solution to getting the veil back. She used fairy dust to try and catch it p.63
2. Was it wise? Explain. Listen to your child’s answer 

Chapter 6

1. What similar choice did Gabby and Bess make? To not tell the entire truth p.71
2. Who captured Bess? Daniel, the ring bearer p.68

Chapter 7

1. Why do Mia and her friends need to climb a tree? To help Gabby get unstuck p.84

Chapter 8

1. How did Gabby feel when she told her friends everything? Relieved p.90
2. Have you ever felt this way? Explain. 
3. What solution did Gabby think of so no one would see her in the air? Fly behind Daniel’s kite p.91

Chapter 9

1. What was different about the veil? The fairies had cleaned it, repaired it, put drew drops on it; it looked more beautiful and had fairy dust still on it p.100
2. Why did Gabby wear her wings to the wedding? Julia asked her too; wearing her wings and pretending to be a fairy is part of who Gabby is p.105

Chapter 10

1. Why is Gabby comfortable showing Daniel her fairy friends? He could see them; she’d borrowed his kite; he’d seen Gabby flying p.111
2. Were you correct in your earlier prediction? Listen to your child’s answer