Lily the Duckling finds out she is different./When her brothers and sisters make fun of her,/she lets her temper cloud her judgment./Lily swims off upset and thinking everyone/hates her./Not watching where she is going, she gets/closer and closer to the tall cattails and reeds/where there are gators/Suddenly a gator appears, Lily starts screaming./Wally grabs her but all the other/ducks dive at him/ pounding until he lets Lily go./Stunned and stiff she lays there on/top of the water/Her Momma cries, they fear she is dead./Lily finaly opens her eyes and discovers/she is alive./Suddenly a storm moves in and the/whole family rushes to get back to/the nest./The storm rages while Momma Duck/makes sure they all have learned,/never go off on your own and/never make fun of someone who is different.

Lily the Lucky Duck is a true story written by Gail Spotts while visiting family in Minnesota, the Land of Many Lakes. The story tells of how loving, nurturing, and caring can help people as well as animals. Speaking softly and watching a tiny duckling respond to voices after being found in the tall grass by a pond is a story to share with others. Good things happen when we reach out to others with compassion.

Lucky Ducky was the runt of the family, determined to fly. He sets off on a journey to find a friend, who can help him soar and reach the sky!

AVERY PIKE is a commodity. No, more than a commodity. Her existence is guarded at all costs. She’s a water Elementalist, the strongest of her dwindling kind. She creates steam to provide energy to fuel Dome Four: the only thing standing between humanity and an earth ravaged by World War III. No steam, no Dome. No Dome, no life. Or so she thinks. That is, until a mysterious man offers her a way out of having to donate steam. A way to escape the corrupt government of Dome Four. While the offer seems too good to be true, Avery is intrigued. But when she arrives to her new home, she realizes the grass isn’t any less dead on this side of the fence. Instead, the lies are just hidden better. …Which means digging deeper. When Avery enlists the help of her friends to uncover the truth, she learns that while some secrets are better left concealed, humankind was never meant to live in a cage. And when you can control the most sought after resource, you can learn to control anything…including the fate of your world.