Exceptional Emma

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Emma Nazarian is about to find out what makes her truly exceptional.

The last six years have all been leading to this moment—the announcement of a promotion at my structural engineering firm. This job has consumed every spare second of my life, and I’m convinced it’s all mine.

But I’m wrong.

After I get passed for the promotion, I start to question where my life has been heading. What makes me stand out from everyone else? Sure, I’m pretty good at math and physics, but you don’t see people gasping in awe when I solve a tricky calculus integral. My shoe collection is pretty showstopping, but those just go on my feet. And when compared to my extraordinarily talented younger brother and sister, I feel so . . . mediocre.

To make things more complicated, I run into my childhood best friend, Jacob. He’s been gone for nearly twenty years, pursuing a super successful professional dance career (and getting super hot), and when he asks what I’ve been up to . . . I feel so lame.

Will I always be average?

Maybe not.

Maybe I just haven’t tried the thing I’m really, really good at. I don’t care what it is—ice skating, balloon animals, competitive video games—there has to be SOMETHING that makes me amazing.

Something that makes me exceptional.

And with a little help from Jacob, I’m going to find it.