Ethan Marcus Makes His Mark by Michele Weber Hurwitz

Author:Michele Weber Hurwitz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Puzzle Piece

M.R.

I said something wrong again, didn’t I? I was stating my intention. I want to win and I aim to win. Was I not supposed to express my goal in my speech? There was nothing in the Zacket that prohibited mentioning a goal. Erin Marcus did.

My few words were followed by unpleasant looks. Surprise, disbelief, and perhaps disdain from the people near me. I am not certain. I am never certain. There were some sneers, raised eyebrows, a bit of quiet laughter. I was planning to briefly summarize the idea for my invention, but I quickly returned to my seat.

A girl at my table said: “Well, aren’t you all that?”

I didn’t understand. All that what?

The other kids at the table looked beyond, around, through.

Mom has told me that exceptional people have trouble fitting into a world that wasn’t designed for them. No matter where I am, this seems to be true.

Did you know I like to do jigsaw puzzles? I challenge myself with each new one. A faster time, or more pieces. In the last puzzle I completed (five thousand), there were several uniform-colored pieces that bore no relation to the pieces they fit with. Solid orange, green, black.

Difficult, oddly shaped, nearly impossible to find where they go. Nothing that would indicate how they connect to the pieces around them. Quite frustrating.

As I suspect you realize, I am not referring only to the pieces.

This morning, when I arrived at ZCIC, I envisioned something different. I thought perhaps this time it would be easier to fit into the puzzle. But the kids here seem mostly the same as the kids at McNutt and the other schools.

Them, and me.

I fear it will always be this way.

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