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Cheryl Klein: To Anyone Who Has Ever Blogged About YA Cover Design

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... and complained about how there aren't enough people of color,
... or too many girls in fancy dresses,
... or not enough people in everyday street clothes,
... or how you hate seeing girls in pieces,
... or overly sexualized,
... or from behind,
... or on a black background,
... and why can't we just get a real girl on the cover for once:

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HERE IS A COVER FOR YOU. 
BUY THIS BOOK. 
IF ENOUGH OF YOU DO IT, 
IT WILL MAKE EVEN MORE OF A 
DIFFERENCE THAN YOUR BLOG POSTS. 

Need more cover awesomeness? Here is the back, for anyone who's ever wanted to see a person with a disability on a book jacket:
Inside the Book

And you can read the starred review from PW here.

Links to Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: 

(This is not a book I edited, by the way. But I swear to God:  Support covers you like, and change happens.)

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