The Girl Who Refused to Stay Poor: Clover Shield

She was born poor. She refused to stay that way.Élise grows up in District Four, where one tired mistake in a boiler room can destroy a family, and children learn too early that hunger has rules. With only a clover shield, a rock pick, and a mind sharpened by survival, she begins turning scraps into systems, knowledge into power, and poverty into something she can fight.When a hidden valley reveals gold and rare purple diamonds, Élise gains more than wealth. She gains a door.From the factory floor to the Science Innovation Guild, from hostile neighbors to powerful patrons, Élise builds a new life for her family-and then dares to build something larger: an institute dedicated to ending the deadly labor that shaped her childhood.But invention alone is not enough. To change the world, Élise must face corrupt officials, skeptical nobles, dangerous machines, and the terrifying softness of being loved by Cassian, an artist who sees the girl beneath the armor.The Girl Who Refused to Stay Poor: Volume I - The Clover Shield is a sweeping historical-fantasy novel about poverty, invention, family, romance, and one girl's vow: No one should stand where one tired moment kills them. Never forget District Four. Never forget District Five.

Pagina's: 356, Paperback, Independently published