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June 11, 2010 by Travis Jonker

Cover Curiosity: It’s Gettin’ Dusty

June 11, 2010 by Travis Jonker   3 comments

Here’s the question I asked myself. If you have two book covers that share a similar theme/layout/tone, is it true controversy? Nay.

Therefore I’m calling these instances “Cover Curiosities” from here on out. I’ll save “controversy” for cases where it truly applies. Now, on to the books…

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You know you have an adventure on your hands when stuff starts blowing around. Two recent book covers have embraced this fact to set the mood:

The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1) by Rick Riordan.

And to complete the pair…

The Brimstone Key (Grey Griffins: The Clockwork Chronicles #1) by Derek Benz J.S. Lewis.

Side by side:

The male and female protagonists looking skyward, the ominous clouds, the earth-tone color palate – they seem cut from the same cloth, right?

Any others that fit in this group?

Filed under: Cover Curiosity, Covers

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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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  1. Summer says

    June 16, 2010 at 11:12 pm

    That makes me laugh!

  2. Lucy Poludniak says

    July 20, 2010 at 10:39 am

    Another similarity is the pyramid shape…obvious in “The Red Pyramid,” which I recently finished, and implied in “Grey Griffins.”

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  1. Librarian Preview: Harper Collins (Fall 2010) « A Fuse #8 Production says:
    June 17, 2010 at 1:28 am

    […] The Magnificent 12: The Call by Michael Grant is a little different.  Mr. Grant is right now probably best known for his YA Gone series.  All I know is that when I read the number twelve these days I instantly think of Greek gods (probably because of the similarly titled The Mighty Twelve).  As it happens, this book has nothing to do with Greek myths (though I’m sure the publisher wouldn’t mind too terribly if it lured in a couple Percy Jackson fans).  Apparently Mr. Grant wanted to do a contemporary funny fantasy.  Say what you will about the Gone books, they ain’t exactly a chucklefest.  So we find ourselves learning about a kid named Mack who one day encounters an ancient creature in the boy’s bathroom.  Mack is told he’s one of the Magnificent 12 and he must assemble the other twelve-year-olds out there to fight a big bad who is coming.  The final description of the book: Monty Python-esque.  Oh, this I gotta see.  Plus it kind of matches a trend 100 Scopes Notes is calling It’s Gettin’ Dusty. […]

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