Superpower

Chapter SeventeenBecoming the Most Extraordinary Kid

 

That night, Trent looked at the assignment they had been given to work on going into the last day of Puzzle Week. Across the top of the paper it said this: “I Am Unique Because (make a list of everything you can think of!).”

Trent started to fill his paper out. He'd been so focused on blending in that at first he was having trouble remembering what he actually liked. He paced around the room and then wrote down, “My ears are probably the coolest ears anyone has ever had; no one has anything like these!”

He smiled, knowing no one could copy those, at least not without a good plastic surgeon! But what else? He wandered down to the kitchen to get himself something to drink and found his mom and sister sitting at the table talking to his dad on the iPad.

“Hey, guys; hey, Dad,” he said as he grabbed a glass from the cabinet.

“Hey there, T-man! How's the new school going?” asked his dad.

Trent told them about the assignment he was working on and how he was having trouble finding what made him unique. His family quickly assured him they had him covered, and he pulled up a chair and got his pen ready to write.

“You walk me to school, and I don't know any other brothers who will do that in my school! And you come to all my dance recitals,” volunteered Emma.

He looked down at the paper and wrote:

I support and take care of my little ...