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A story about how to be perfectly imperfect.

Orion Sigerstad is perfect. He is so perfect that he has never used a rubber in his entire life because he never misspell. He doesn’t even know where the principal’s office is because he has never misbehaved. And he plays the flute so perfectly that he will be the youngest student ever at the Exceptional Music Conservatory. All he needs to do is to prove it at the concert! But on the day of the concert, Orion wakes up and has become a complete buffoon. Instead of saying good morning nicely to his parents, he yells at them. He writes “PEE” as the answer to a math task and he throws a ball on the gym teacher. Maybe the worst part is that he doesn’t play a single correct note on the flute. Orion doesn’t understand what is happening to him. Can he fix it in time for the important concert?

Illustrated b/w by Maja Kjellstad Aanonsen