Cover Curiosity: Seeing Double
Something (kinda) old and two somethings new in today’s Cover Curiosity.
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The following covers use the mirror effect in three different ways, yet a similar trio they make.
First up, something (kinda) old:
Strange Happenings by Avi. Published May 2006.
Something new…
The Properties of Water by Hannah Roberts McKinnon. Published October, 2010.
And finally, another something new…
Hex Hall (Book #1) by Rachel Hawkins. Published March 2010
Side by side by side:
The lone figure, the water, the, you know, reflection – it’s a match.
Did I miss any that fit in this group?
Filed under: Cover Curiosity, Covers
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Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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The book first light does it too. Great book. Better than when you reach me
Here’s another for you . . . two different legs:
Sweet 15 by Emily Adler
and
The Reinvention of Moxie Roosevelt by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Laura, you read my mind! I’m posting about this mismatched trend tomorrow, and I was going to use Sweet 15 – thanks for pointing out Moxie Roosevelt as well – I’ll add that in.
Thanks!
I seem to recall one with a modern girl and then reflected in the water the same girl in Ancient Egyptian clothing. One of those 90’s time travel books, I can’t remember the title.