• Age: 5 to 10
• Grade: k to 5

Tilly is a clover who is constantly bullied for being different. She is taller than the other clover with a longer stalk, and her face is different with four buds instead of three. She tries to fit in, though it makes her uncomfortable to bend all day, or to hide just so she doesn’t stand out, and she doesn’t get enough sun. Despite her efforts, she finds she is the object of her fieldmates’ anger and taunting, and that hurts her. She has no friends. One day, when the cows come to eat the clover and turn them into energy, Tilly becomes terrified as the clovers scramble to avoid being eaten. She has no confidence to stand out. While she hides, all the other clovers do what they were meant to do. When Tilly finally looks around, she finds she’s alone. This makes her even more scared, and she wishes for the familiar bullying because it is better than being alone. As days go by, and she can see the clovers pop up in other parts of the meadow, she is regretful and wishes she was stronger and braver so she could have lived the life she was meant to like the others. Instead, she thinks her life is over and she’s a failure.
A man comes by on a horse and picks her. Tilly is frightened but wants to be brave. She meets a girl she thinks is a princess, and the girl takes care of Tilly. She’s in the hospital and gets better after befriending Tilly. The girl adds Tilly to a book and keeps her there. She tells everyone how lucky she’s been since finding Tilly and shows her clover to everyone. When the “princess” dies, Tilly goes with her, and she finally gets the chance to become energy as she was fashioned to do. When she wakes again, she is surrounded by other tall, stringy clovers with four petals like herself. Because she stands out, and is lucky, as the princess has said, she is sought after for her differences, and that makes all the difference.

First and foremost, Ida Linehan Young is a grandmother to the most precious little boys, Parker and Samuel, a mother to three adult children, Sharon, Stacey, and Shawna, and a wife to Thomas. In her busy daily life, Ida works in the information technology sector of the federal government of Canada, and she volunteers her time in the community of Conception Bay South with the Kiwanis Club of Kelligrews.
Ida had a fascination with writing in her high school days, when she dabbled in poetry and essays. In 2012, she became serious about her writing with a story to tell, and that led to her memoir, No Turning Back: Surviving the Linehan Family Tragedy, in 2014. Having found a passion for writing, and with a love of local history and lore, she published four works of historical fiction: Being Mary Ro (2018), The Promise (2019), The Liars (2020), and The Stolen Ones (2021). In June 2021, the first three novels were issued the Silver Medal for Best Series? Fiction by the Independent Publisher Book Awards. The fourth novel in the series, The Stolen Ones, won the NL Reads 2022 competition and the Margaret Duley Award.
With strong influences from the familial art of storytelling passed down by her father, Ed Linehan, and her maternal grandfather, Frank Power, Ida writes stories about her beloved province, Newfoundland and Labrador. She enjoys researching events of the late nineteenth century and weaving fictional characters through historical tales that complement that cultural richness, renewing interest in the province's storied past.
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Emma Dooley is a mixed-media artist and entrepreneur based in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador. She is mostly inspired by nature and creates her bold pieces primarily in acrylic paint on canvas but loves to work in other mediums as well, like pen and ink. When she is not in her studio, she is hosting paint night events and helping others unleash their inner artist. Emma is involved in multiple artist networks and associations and loves taking on new projects. With a background in health care, she is a self-taught artist. Art is her passion and what she loves to do every day.

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