A Fairy's Gift

Disney Fairies: The Never Girls

by Kiki Thorpe, Walt Disney Company (Illustrations)

Enjoy twice the fairies, twice the adventure, and twice the magic, just in time for the holidays. In a beautiful jacketed hardcover edition packed with illustrations, this special new Never Girls story by New York Times bestselling author Kiki Thorpe is the perfect gift for readers ages 6 to 9.

Genres: Chapter Books, Childrens, Christmas, Fairies, Juvenile, Friendship, Middle Grade

224 pages, Hardcover

First published September 8, 2015

About the author

KIKI THORPE has written or adapted over fifty books for children. A former children's book editor, she now writes full time from San Francisco.

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very Disney, and, imo, very boring. It did nothing to make me want to read more about these girls, or to wish fairies were real. Apparently it's not the first book in a series and the first might be better (usually the ones with the world-building are, in any series), but I'm not curious enough to find out.

Read for the Fairies theme in Children's Books group.

[amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

read May 13, 2025 - May 13, 2025: 3 stars

[Isabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book! It shows you can like fairies and be a big girl!

[Chelsea Hoschar · Rating 5 out of 5]

The four Never Girls, Lainey, Mia, Kate, and Gabby are on another fairy tale adventure in this Christmas-time special. In this story, the fairies find themselves weak and in danger because of widespread Disbelief in human children. The girls are the fairies’ only hope to help children believe again so that fairies don’t lose all their magic. But, will the girls be able to help children see and believe in the fairies? Will they catch the Disbelief themselves and make the loss of magic even worse? … This book is wonderfully Christmasy and has a happy lightness to it that made it fun and easy to read. While magic is not real, this book does encourage children to believe in things even if the people around them haves doubts. This story explores loyalty, friendship, and what it means to go to great lengths to help those important to you, and to never give up. I really enjoyed reading this book. It was magical and put me in the Christmas mood.

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter is loving this series, so it's become our bedtime ritual. And since they have a Christmas-themed story, we broke from the regular series to read this one. The great thing about these books is that they are pretty much stand alone books and do a great job reintroducing all of the characters in a very quick way, so you can jump in anywhere, but not feel like the author is wasting words if you've already read other books in the series.

This story in the series is almost twice as long as the others, so it is able to feel a bit more substantial and tackle more meaningful themes of friendship, growing up, the magic of childhood, and the spirit of the season.

[Alexandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a Disney fan, who has seen all of the Tinkerbell movies, I was excited to see this book in my library. I wasn't in love with the book, especially with Mia, but it was a good read. This is the first book I've read in The Never Girls series, it was a quick read. I enjoyed the illustrations and the friendship between the four girls. But it didn't quite feel right... Overall a good read, can't wait to read some more of these.

[Random Scholar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Normally I don't like reading Disney books, because I find the stories are too fake and watered down. But this book talks about the power of believing, and this is an idea that can translate to almost anything else in life. If you believe that fairies exist, then they do. That is the main idea of this book, and it can easily apply to anything else in life (even academic success!). Don't believe me? Try it.

[AMY · Rating 4 out of 5]

205 pages. A great book to enjoy during the Christmas holidays. This time the girls are having some issues with Mia's cousin taking up all of Mia's time. The fairy world needs their help because unbelief is spreading like a virus and things are not going well. Clever friends work on solutions while Mia is away and enjoying time with her cousin. Girls will enjoy this book after reading the rest of the series. Highly recommended for Grades 3-5.

[May Wang]

What a close loss! More and more people start to disbelieve in fairies, some has lost their talent, some can't even fly, and the fairy's most impotent building in Pixie Hollow---The Home Tree is fading away! The girls has the most heavy job, but Mia even started to disbelieve. How can the girls solve the problem?

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

“I’d probably give it 4 stars because I thought they had a good opportunity to add another chapter at the end, but they didn’t. So I’d give it 4 stars.” -Sydney

For me, this was my favorite of the Never Girl Books. It was double the length of a regular book in the series and thus it went into more detail with the story and the group’s friendship.

[aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an addition "side read" to the Never Girls series and is a Christmas story. I rate this one a little higher because it takes on the more "serious" notion of what happens when a world stops believing in the fairies. This one finds the girls helping the fairies in order to get more belief so that their magic might come back. It was a fun read.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fabulous book about the adventures of the Never Girls and their fairy friends. I always enjoy reading these with my six year old and learning the lessons along with her. We can't wait to read the next one. This one was a special so there were extra chapters which was nice.

[Alesha Hubbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this one better than the others in the series. Probably because "Clap if you believe in fairies" will never not pull at my heartstrings. The longer format also allowed for more nuanced character stuff and I thought the misunderstanding between Mia and Kate was played out well.

[Vonnie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just believe!

[Adrianne Rosal · Rating 5 out of 5]

I never knew about these books until now. I really enjoyed this one especially at this time of the year. New year first book read for 2025!! On to the next.

[Melissa Jessup · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute story!!!
I do believe in fairies!!!

[Yasemin Giray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awww what a wonderful Christmas!!

[Stephanie Tournas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gabby, Mia, Kate and Lainey (The Never Girls) believe in fairies and have found a magical portal to Never Land. When the friends visit with the fairies there, they find that there is an epidemic of "disbelief" which is causing the fairies to lose their powers. The girls, especially Gabby, try to think of ways to instill the magic of believing in their neighbors. At the same time it seems like Mia is losing her will to believe when she's with her older cousin Angelica. Clearly influenced by Narnia (one portal is in a closet), Peter Pan (Never Land) and Rainbow Fairies (the fairies have talents). A sweet story of friendship, and of how growing up does not always mean leaving all childhood beliefs behind. Glittery Christmas-y cover. It is not necessary to have read other books in the series to get the gist.

[Vanessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kate, Mia, Lainey and Gabby are back in Never Land for another adventure, but this time something terrible is happening - the fairies are losing their magic. All over the world children are losing their faith in fairies and the fairies are dying out! And now one of the girls seems more interested in shopping and boys than in fairies! Can the other girls band together to save the fairies before it's too late?
Recommended for ages 7-10.

[Cecelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mia and Gabby's cousin came for Christmas vacation. Her name is Angie. The fairies needed help because more and more people were disbelieving in fairies, so their magic was fading. Lainey, Kate, and Gabby decide to help but Mia wants to stay with her cousin while she's there.

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd been wanting to try a Never Girl's and it was about as expected. Sweet, focus on belief in fairies, not Christmas so much. Dealt a little with outgrowing fairies and following expectations.

One is plenty for this reader!

[Kelly Ardyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love all of these Never Girls books, I read them to my kids. Can't wait til the third set gets released as a collection.

[Jocelin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another good entry in the Never Girls series.

[Kaytee · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book was really good liked it when the aunt found her fairy because ii was really mad because she didn`t believe it fairies eneymore and the fairies were try ing to help out.

[Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this will be super appealing to girls in grades 1-5. Combines magic, fairies and friendship. Excellent execution, very well formatted.