I ran across this cover art mystery via Read Roger, The Horn Book editor's always-entertaining blog. According to Publishers Weekly, Phoebe Stone's The Romeo and Juliet Code is a "intricate and lyrical novel, set during WWII, [which resembles] The Secret Garden in all the best ways." Check it out:
Their description totally makes me want to read this book, but nothing about that cover suggests Secret Garden, historical novel, or "intricate and lyrical", as far as I'm concerned.
Labels: Book Covers
4 Comments:
Yeah, but you know the adage about judging books by covers. Just think about the Jane Austen books being re-re-re-re-etc.-released with Twilight covers these days.
9:32 AM
I can't help it: I always judge cover art. And I even think this one is cute! It just doesn't say "1941 wartime drama/mystery/romance" to me.
2:20 PM
Plus the lowcut version on the shoes were not produced until 1962, and colors other than black & white were added in 1966 according the converse website.
I like the cover but I agree it does not fit the book.
2:33 PM
...maybe they were being crafty: by making the cover art have absolutely zero to do with the book's contents, they've gotten a lovely second wind of publicity!
5:22 PM
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