I Am UniqueSince I was a child, I have always known that I was different from others. Although I didn't realize I was in any way "smart" until the fourth grade, I had skipped from kindergarten to first grade. While my friends struggled with their homework, finishing it was as easy for me as riding a bike. Supposedly I've never ridden a bike. No, my passion and talent, from the beginning, were in written materials. In second grade I had my own library card and went at least once a week. While other children were rewarded for their good behavior with parties, money, or trips with friends, my reward was being able to walk through the organized rows of books in the library, selecting and checking out the ones that piqued my interest. I read five, ten, fifteen books at a time, worried that I would run out of reading material before my next visit. I remember a couple of years in elementary school where I didn't read any books that didn't fall into the mystery category. or horror. Supernal...