Tinker Bell: Secret of the Wings Junior Novel by Disney Book Group

H igh up in the evening sky, the Second Star to the Right glows brightly. If you follow that star, you’ll find the magical island of Never Land. It is a wonderful place, filled with tall mountains, flowing rivers, and deep forests. And in the very heart of Never Land is Pixie Hollow, the home of all the fairies.
    Pixie Hollow is very different from the mainland, where the humans live. For one thing, all four seasons occur in Pixie Hollow at the same time. There’s Spring Valley, where flowers always bloom. And Summer Glade, where it’s warm and sunny every day. In the Autumn Forest, leaves turn colorful shades of red, gold, and orange. And just over the border, where no warm-weather fairy is permitted to go, are the Winter Woods. Shimmering white snow blankets the world there, and ice-topped mountain peaks overlook frozen valleys, brooks, and streams. Warm-weather fairies live on one side of the border, and cold-weather fairies stay on the other. A winter fairy cannot survive the heat of spring or summer. And the icy temperatures of the Winter Woods would freeze a warm-weather fairy’s wings. So the fairies stay in their seasons and keep busy with their work. They know that the rules are there to protect them, and that crossing the border can be very dangerous.

    One bright and busy morning in the Autumn Forest, Silvermist, a water-talent fairy, flew along the river. A handful of dragonflies buzzed around her. They were collecting dewdrops to place on spiderwebs. Not far away, a garden fairy named Rosetta was coaxing flowers to bloom. Vidia, a fast-flying fairy, zipped overhead. The wind from her wings pushed the autumn leaves through the air. Each fairy had a job to do, and they were all happily finishing their morning tasks. But perhaps no fairies were quite as busy as the tinkers. They were expecting a very special arrival in Tinkers’ Nook!
    â€œLook sharp, everyone!” Fairy Mary, the head of the tinker fairies, called. “The snowy owls will soon be arriving to take the snowflake baskets to the Winter Woods.” She looked around and noticed that a tinker fairy named Lucinda was not focused on her job. “Lucinda, stop noodling and start tinkering!” she scolded. Then she flew off to check on the basket production.
    Nearby, a friendly gray mouse named Cheese was struggling with his wagon. It was filled with bundles of reeds, and it was a bit too heavy for him to pull. Suddenly, a lasso appeared out of nowhere and picked up a bundle of reeds from the cart, making the load lighter. Cheese looked up and saw that his friend Tinker Bell was holding on to a pole attached to the rope. Leave it to Tinker Bell to create an invention like a pole with a swinging lasso to help a friend in need!
    â€œIs that the last load?” Tinker Bell asked the mouse with a satisfied smile.
    Cheese replied with a happy squeak to say “Yes!”
    Tinker Bell waved and flew off to help her other friends.
    â€œMorning, Clank! Morning, Bobble!” she called when she reached the basket depot. The two tinkers were busy weaving long reeds into sturdy baskets. She placed the new bundle on a pile in front of them. “That should be enough to finish the snowflake baskets,” she said.
    Bobble looked up. His thick dewdrop goggles made his eyes seem enormous. “Aye, that’ll do her,” he agreed.
    â€œThanks,” Clank added. He smiled at Tinker Bell and didn’t watch what he was doing. He accidentally wove the reeds right over Bobble’s hands!
    â€œClanky!” Bobble complained, trying to free himself.
    â€œSorry,” Clank apologized. Tinker Bell giggled. Her friends were always getting into funny mishaps like this. Granted, Tinker Bell had a way of getting into tricky situations herself. One time, she had almost ruined the preparations for bringing spring to the mainland. And just this past summer, she had accidentally been captured by a little girl in the human