Remarkable By Lizzie K. Hardy

Linda Sue Park once said, “The books in the library showed me that there is a whole world out there big enough for misfits like me,” In every one of us there is a little bit of extraordinary deep inside of our most ordinary thoughts. Even a plain girl like Jane Doe, with no talent, no skills, no extraordinary gifts, can find her own remarkable story. Her story involves pirates, evil twins, and a whole lot of laughs for anyone looking for a new twist on the ordinary “talented kids story”. This story is a shout out to all the misfits, rejects, outsiders and to all of those who feel truly, ordinary. The story Remarkable by Lizzie K. Foley must be included in our Little Free Library for its teachings about how being true to yourself is your greatest
Failure? Vulnerability? In the book Remarkable, Foley uses the idea of how being true to yourself is your greatest talent. In Foley’s world, people are given what takes some people years, even decades, to uncover. Everyone around Jane has a talent. She grows up believing she must have a talent, too. Common Sense Media say that portraying a life full of standards helps Jane, as well as the reader, to learn how being truly remarkable means being true to who you are. Today's youth are pressured to be conformed to a overachieving status, sometimes to the point of perfection. Think about how widespread mental illness truly is. Is this because of who we are or the world we have forced ourselves to live in? The town of Remarkable is the same way. Everyone have a birth-given talent, which is expected. Success in there field is also expected. But, there are some who defy what is expected not to become extraordinary, but the contrary. Kirkus Review states, in short,”With the help of her quiet Grandpa John, who’s also forgotten most of the time, Jane learns to be true to herself and celebrate the ordinary in life.” Today, we overlook the ordinary around us. But, it is the ordinary moments that make up our own extraordinary