(It looks like the Cover Attractions meme is no longer happening, but that’s okay. I’ve been posting covers—oddly enough, on Wednesdays—since way back on an old blog of mine, so I’m going to keep up the habit.)
“On the Cover” is my weekly occasion to post an eye-catching cover. The covers I post may be from books I own, something I’ve recently wishlisted, or just a cool cover I really think everybody should see. Sometimes I may have something to say about the artwork itself, but I’m not an art major or anything so please keep that in mind; I’m just trying my best to get the idea across.
This time, I’m featuring two covers for the same book. I just couldn’t choose. I saw the UK cover first, and fell in love with the candy colors and the topsy-turvy through-the-looking-glass typeface:
I went searching for the book on Amazon, and found the US edition, which was so charming. It’s active and whimsical, and is more clearly Middle Grade fiction. The colors streaming through the glass onto the clever-looking little hero captivated my imagination and made me want to read the book, even though I don’t normally read in this age group.
Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones.
“Aidan Cain has had the worst week of his life. His gran died, he was sent to a foster home, and now malicious beings are stalking him. There is one person Gran told Aidan to go to if he ever got into trouble—a powerful sorcerer who lives at Melstone House.
But when Aidan arrives on the doorstep, he finds that the sorcerer’s grandson, Andrew, has inherited the house. The good news is that Aidan can tell immediately that Andrew’s brimming with magic, too—and so is everyone else at Melstone. The bad news is that Andrew doesn’t remember anything his grandfather taught him. Chaos is swiftly rising, and he has no idea how to control it. A sinister neighbor is stealing power from the land, magic is leaking between realms . . . and it’s only a matter of time before the Stalkers find Aidan.
If Aidan and Andrew can harness their own magics, they may be able to help each other. But can they do it before the entire countryside comes apart at the seams?”
Beautiful covers, both! I can’t choose either, lol.