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Just the Series: Never Girls Vol. 1   

Series and Publisher: Never Girls   

Annotation: When four friends are whisked out of their ordinary lives to Never Land, home to fairies and mermaids, Queen Clarion and Tinker Bell must figure out a way for them to get home. In chapter-book format.
 
Reviews: 3
Catalog Number: #68198
Format: Perma-Bound Edition
Special Formats: Chapter Book Chapter Book
Common Core/STEAM: Common Core Common Core
Publisher: Random House
Copyright Date: 2013
Edition Date: 2013 Release Date: 01/08/13
Illustrator: Christy, Jana,
Pages: 118 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 0-7364-2794-5 Perma-Bound: 0-605-58799-X
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-7364-2794-4 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-58799-1
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2012014199
Dimensions: 20 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist (Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 CST 2012)

Young Kate McCrady, her friends Lainey and Mia, and Mia's younger sister, Gabby, hear silvery bells, view flying flamingos, and feel an ocean breeze, and then they are magically whisked away a blink Pixie Hollow, Never Land's home to fairies, including Tinker Bell. The fairies agree to transport the girls back home, but before that can occur, Kate sneaks away for a rendezvous with Vidia, a fast-flying fairy with a nasty agenda. As the book concludes, the girls (called "Clumsies" by the fairies) are stuck in Never Land, happily awaiting further adventures. This new series builds on the popularity of existing fairies titles (including Thorpe's Tink in a Fairy Fix, 2011) that promote the Disney version of Never Land. Each fairy has his or her own talent (Tinker Bell mends pots and pans, while Rain is in charge of weather), making the characters easy to remember. Short chapters, a large font, and plentiful black-and-white illustrations make this book accessible to beginning chapter-book readers. Recommended where demand for fairies is high.

Kirkus Reviews

Four friends become lost girls when they land in Never Land. Kate, Mia and Lainey are best friends who go on the ride of their lives when Mia's little sister, Gabby, grabs a fairy and they land in Never Land, with no way to return to their soccer-playing life. Now they are just Clumsies in the land of fairies, and they must rely on Tink (yes, that Tink) to help them find their way home. All fairies in this world have a talent; Tink is a fixing fairy, though a rather grumpy one. Tink's plan to send the girls back goes awry when Kate jealously steals fairy dust and flies away. The worldbuilding is weak (convenient changes happen to the island whenever the plot demands it), and the characters develop in ways that strain credulity (Tink quickly flips from irritation to shedding a tear when the four girls prepare to leave). Bland black-and-white illustrations show three of the girls as whisper-thin, stylish middle graders, with only Gabby having a real personality and healthy shape. The cliffhanger ending lets everyone know that this is the first of many adventures in Never Land. Fairy-crazy girls will embrace this series. Others will see it for what it is: a lightweight offspring of other watered-down Peter Pan stories. (Fantasy. 6-10)

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Kirkus Reviews
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Word Count: 11,142
Reading Level: 3.4
Interest Level: 1-4
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.4 / points: 1.0 / quiz: 156084 / grade: Lower Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:2.6 / points:5.0 / quiz:Q63558
Lexile: 480L
Guided Reading Level: N
Fountas & Pinnell: N

A New York Times Bestseller

The Disney Fairies star in a magical all-new early chapter book series for kids ages 6 to 10—The Never Girls!

Kate craves adventure and excitement.
Mia loves dresses, roses, and anything beautiful.
Lainey dreams of talking to animals.
Gabby believes in fairies more than anyone.

In a blink of an eye, these four best friends all get their biggest wish—they’re whisked off to Never Land, home to Tinker Bell and her fairy friends. The adventure of a lifetime is just beginning! But how will the Never Girls ever get home again?


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