I love asking my 7th graders their thoughts on book covers because often times they have such a different opinion than me! I showed them the cover for The Shadows: The Books of Elsewhere #1.
I asked if they liked the cover and if they thought it would get them to pick the book up and look at it.
Here's what they said:
Overall it was a no to the cover.
Reasons they didn't like it:
Too girly
Too little kiddish
Too creepy
Too scary
Too boring looking
It wasn't bubbly like Sprite
Looks boring
Reasons why they liked it:
It looked creepy
It look mysteries
It was cool
It looks interesting
I want to know what's happening
I want to see where she is going
My favorite comment was that it looked like a book about Harry Potter's sister :)
I also liked the student that said it look "creppy" instead of creepy!
Ok and here's something really really really funny. I've loved this cover forever mainly because I think it sounds like a great middle grade book. BUT I finally saw the cover for what it really shows! My mind always saw the girl as climbing out of a window. It wasn't until I looked at it with my students that I finally saw she's actually climbing out of a picture frame into the forest! Ok, ok so I wasn't paying attention to detail. I love the cover even more now!
This book is at our book fair. I WILL be buying it!
OOo I love the cover even more now too.
ReplyDeleteI love the cover too - and I thought of a window at first, just like you did! :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's such a cute cover. Love hearing what your students think!
ReplyDeleteI love the cover of this one... I've been meaning to read it to see if it would be okay for my elementary library.. part of me really wishes I was in a middle school library some days... I love that you do this with your kids! So interesting to see what they say! :-D
ReplyDeleteI love cover talk! This one is so magical--very cool.
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