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Peter Pan: book club questions by chapter
Meeting 1 of 2
🦉 Peter Pan · meeting 1 of 2
Read: Part One, “Second Star to the Right” (pages 1–5, about 4 minutes aloud).
Stop at the end of page 5, and don't read on: the next part is for next time.
- What had Peter lost at the start of the story?
The story's answer: His shadow - Who have we met so far, and what does each of them want?
Listen for: Make a list together on the board; keep it for next time and add to it. - The part we just read is called "Second Star to the Right". Why do you think it has that name?
Listen for: Any answer that points to a moment in the part is a good one; ask for the page. - Stop here. What do you think will happen next? Write or draw one guess to check next time.
Listen for: Keep the guesses in an envelope. Don't say whether a guess is right: the next part will.
Meeting 2 of 2
🦉 Peter Pan · meeting 2 of 2
Read: Part Two, “The Ticking in the Dark” (pages 6–14, about 6 minutes aloud).
Stop at the end of page 14, the end of the story.
- Why did Hook scream at every tick-tock?
The story's answer: The crocodile that swallowed a clock was near - How did Tinker Bell save Peter?
The story's answer: She drank the poison meant for him - What does the ending say about growing up?
The story's answer: Everyone grows up, except Peter - Why would Peter not go home with Wendy?
The story's answer: He wanted to stay a boy forever - Look back at last time's guesses. Which came true, and what surprised you?
Listen for: Read the guesses out. Nobody was wrong: a guess that missed often shows what the author wanted us to expect. - The part we just read is called "The Ticking in the Dark". Why do you think it has that name?
Listen for: Any answer that points to a moment in the part is a good one; ask for the page. - Now that you know the ending, was it the ending you expected?
Listen for: Ask what in the earlier parts pointed to it, or pointed the other way.
About the whole story
- Which character changed the most from the beginning to the end?
Listen for: Ask what changed them. - Which scene would you put on the poster if this were a film?
Listen for: A way to find the scene that mattered most to each reader.
How these questions are made
The questions with an answer are the story's own, from its page in the library, each at the first stop whose pages answer it and where everyone it names has already come in. The rest are Peabody's, and name nothing but the parts already read. Nothing here is written by a computer model. The story's club kit has the short version for the leader (it gives the ending away), three facts and an activity.
Read it free: peabody.kids/library/peter-pan. Every child in the club can read it on any device, with no account.