Unfortunate Covers (#18)

When a good book is wrapped in a less-than-good jacket, we like to call that an Unfortunate Cover. I was walking by the fiction section in my 3rd and 4th grade school today when I saw this:

The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynn Reid Banks

*Shoe heels screeching to a halt*

*Double take*

This is what I like to call “severely dated”. Side note – this might sound odd, but doesn’t it seem like kids on the covers of books published in the 70s and 80s wore a lot of sweaters?

While most libraries have a more modern cover, I’m guessing there’s still a few sporting this early model.

Check out previous Unfortunate Covers:

#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17.

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