Covering the Newbery (#66): The Whipping Boy
1987: The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Original Cover:
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My Redo:
Side by Side:
Verdict: Really, very, not good. This looks like an art project gone wrong.
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Up Next Week: Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
(Source image “ghost child” http://flic.kr/p/aESDTM)
Filed under: Covering the Newbery, Covers
About Travis Jonker
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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PragmaticMom says
I like your cover much better!
Travis says
You’re too kind.
Rachael V. says
I like it too! It looks like a cross between Joan Aiken and Samuel Beckett.