Chews Your Destiny

Title pun on: Choose your destiny

***Chews Your Destiny*** is the first book in *The Gumazing Gum Girl!* series. It was released on August 20, 2013.

## Synopsis

Gabby Gomez loves to chew bubble gum even though her mother has warned her against it. It's not like she will turn *into* gum... except, that's exactly what happens! With her new, stretch-tastic powers Gabby can help save the day, but she will have to keep her gummy alter-ego a secret from her mother or else she'll find herself in a really sticky situation.

## Plot

Gabby Gomez chews gum every day and every night. One morning, she woke up and got gum stuck in her hair. She calls her mother, Mrs. Gomez, for help. She comes over to Gabby and used peanut butter to remove gum from Gabby's hair. When she was about to leave for school, Mrs. Gomez gives Gabby a lecture about Dr. Gomez and her aunt, Carmen. Then, she bans Gabby from chewing gum by telling her, "NO MORE GUM!"

On the way to Fillmore Elementary School, Gabby pulled out her last, but experimental piece of Mighty-Mega Ultra-Stretchy Super-Duper Extenda-Bubble gum. She chews on it and blows a bubble that is WAY too big it touches the powerline, and it electrocuted her and covered all over her when it pops. Gabby walked and felt lonely, but she saw somebody getting robbed. She grabbed a purse from the thief and gave it to the woman. She calls Gabby a "gum girl." Gabby then names herself, "Gum Girl."

Gabby is excited and sings a song about her superhero alter ego. Then she had an idea, so she ran back to her house and used peanut butter to revert herself back to normal. When Gabby arrives at school, she got into trouble by her teacher, Ms. Smoot, for being tardy, and then made fun of by her bully, Natalie Gooch.

Gabby went home and Mrs. Gomez was baking some cookies for Rico's bake sale. At her room, she got another last piece of gum, and chews on it, but only her head is covered, and Mrs. Gomez heard it, so she went to check on her, but she just found Gabby eating peanut butter, so Mrs. Gomez took it and tell her that dinner is almost ready.

Later, before school, Gabby turns into Gum Girl again to help people, like saving the girl's cat from getting stuck in the tree and grabbing the man's car keys from the drain. After that, Gabby was late for school, so she got detention, so was Natalie. At detention, Gabby and Natalie stare at each other, then Natalie picks her nose and show her the mucus she picked, only for Ms. Smoot to warn her not to. As the bell rings, Gabby leaves school and turns into Gum Girl.

She looks at a Flight 808 plane losing one of its wings, so she had to save it by putting the wing back together right and wraps around it, and the plane safely landed on the airport. After she saved the plane, the reporters tried to ask questions for Gum Girl, but she went home. Meanwhile, in a Spatula Factory, someone watched a news involving Gum Girl.

## Chapters

1. A Sticky Situation
2. A Stickier Situation
3. Stuck
4. A Nutty Idea
5. There and Back
6. Stretched Thin
7. Busted
8. Oh, Snap!

## Characters

### Supporting

* Mrs. Gomez (debut)
* Ms. Smoot (debut)
* Natalie Gooch (debut)
* Fillmore School Students (debut)
* Ravi Rodriguez (debut)

### Minor

* Squirrel (debut)
* Fish (debut)
* Barber (debut)
* Worm (debut)
* Birds (debut)
* Rico Gomez (debut)
* Dr. Gomez (mentioned)
* Carmen (mentioned)
* Crackers the Parrot (mentioned)
* Citizens (debut)
* The purse thief (debut)
* The woman who lost her purse (debut)
* The girl who lost her cat (debut)
* The man who lost his car keys (debut)
* Rat (debut)
* Mother and baby (debut)
* The captains (debut)
* Cat (debut)
* The Reporters (debut)
* The mayor (debut)
* Robo-Chef (debut)

## Locations

* City Park
* Swimming pool
* Barbershop
* The Gomez Family's House
* Art Gallery (mentioned)
* Neighborhood
* City
* Candy Store (mentioned)
* Fillmore Elementary School
* Preschool (mentioned)
* Airport
* Spatula Factory

## Trivia

### General

* This is the only Gum Girl book not to be co-authored by Luke Reynolds.
* This is the first Gum Girl book to be published by Disney/Hyperion.
* The is the only Gum Girl book to be published by Scholastic.
* This is the only Gum Girl book to be available in Google Play Books.
* This is the first time Gabby Gomez use the Mighty-Mega Ultra-Stretchy Super-Duper Extenda-Bubble gum.
* Rico doesn't speak throughout this book.
* This is the only Gum Girl book to have 128 pages.
* This is a first Gum Girl book to be gum scented.
* This is a first Gum Girl book to have a "Smell Me!" speech on cover.
* "DUN! DUN! DUN!" count: 5

### Cultural References

* The purse thief resembles Filthy McNasty from *Melvin Beederman Superhero*.

### Errors

* When Mrs. Gomez uses peanut butter to remove the wad of gum from Gabby's hair, her bracelets are transparent.
* When Gabby grabs a lunch bag, she is in her "Gum Girl" form. After that, she was seen in her civilian form before popping into Gum Girl.
* When Gabby swings away from Ravi, her reflections are missing.