We’re happy to reveal the cover for Sara Polsky’s THIS IS HOW I FIND HER on the YABC Blog today! But before we get to the goods, here’s a message from Sara:
Hi, YABC! Welcome to the cover reveal for THIS IS HOW I FIND HER!
I’m excited to be here to share the cover of my debut novel, THIS IS HOW I FIND HER. When I opened up the cover image e-mail from my editor my first thought was, simply, “yes.” The main character of THIS IS HOW I FIND HER is a 16-year-old girl named Sophie, and my wonderful publisher, Albert Whitman, got Sophie exactly right with the girl they chose for the cover. Her expression? Perfect. I love the rest of the cover, too: the vibrant colors, the way the font looks like paintbrush strokes. It fits the story so well.
~ Sara
Ready to see what Sara’s talking about and see for yourself how well the cover fits the story?
Behold!
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About the book:
Sophie has always lived her life in the shadow of her mother’s bipolar disorder: monitoring medication, making sure the rent is paid, rushing home after school instead of spending time with friends, and keeping secrets from everyone.
But when a suicide attempt lands Sophie’s mother in the hospital, Sophie no longer has to watch over her. She moves in with her aunt, uncle, and cousin–a family she’s been estranged from for the past five years. Rolling her suitcase across town to her family’s house is easy. What’s harder is figuring out how to rebuild her life.
And as her mother’s release approaches and the old obligations loom, Sophie finds herself torn between her responsibilities toward her mother and her desire to live her own life, Sophie must decide what to do next.
About the author:
Sara Polsky’s debut YA novel, This Is How I Find Her, will be published by Albert Whitman in fall 2013. Her fiction has appeared in Fictitious Forceand Behind the Wainscot. She is represented by Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media.
Sara is a writer and editor at Curbed NY, and her articles and essays have appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, The Forward, Poets & Writers, and other publications. She lives in New York City.
Sara’s Goodreads Profile: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6993332.Sara_Polsky
Sara’s Website: http://sarapolsky.com/
Sara on Twitter: @sarapolsky
What I love about this cover is the way it evokes such a stark contrast with the colors, reminiscent of the choice Sophie will ultimately have to make about her life and her mother. I adore the color of the sky, and I like how Sophie looks like an everyday teen, rather than a super model, like we find on so many covers these days.
What do YOU think?
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The cover is wonderful!
I’m a little uncertain with the wisdom of going with green+red, but it could’ve gone much worse especially with the superimposition of the girl’s face on top, so overall not bad! I like the title and author name positioning & fonts.
I love this cover. Haven’t heard much about this book yet, but the blurb, the girl’s face (Sara’s right, it’s perfect!) and the creepy looking house totally draw me in.
Wow. This book sounds pretty good.
I LOVE that cover! It’s the first thing I noticed when looking at the book! Thanks for this giveaway! 🙂
The cover is gorgeous! Can’t wait to read it! 🙂
It’s pretty cool. It almost gives you the feel of something paranormal. The colors are really cool too…Can’t wait to read it!
I love the contrasting teal and red oragne! Very eye catching 🙂
The cover is OK, except the whole “People floating in the Sky” thing is getting old.
The cover makes me nervous. Makes me assume the book is going to be intensely emotional.
I think the cover looks Intriguing and make me want to find out what’s inside 😉 Thanks for the opportunity to win 🙂
I really like the contrast and how different it is from most YA fiction covers.
I love how the bottom half of the cover is so bright and contrasts with the blue-green of the top half of the cover. The girl on the cover also has what I like to call a “Mona Lisa Face”: the kind of face that makes you want to get to know her to find out what she’s hiding and what she’s been through. And that’s the kind of face that needs to be on book covers to get an audience interested in the book.
What I don’t really like is, I’m confused as to whether or not I should be focusing on the house or the girl more.
But, it’s still a very pretty and riveting cover.
Cover WOW eye catching and wonderful, can’t wait to read it
The cover is nice. I love that the model is not overly done up and perfect looking, like on many ya covers. She looks beautiful and real and complicated – not one dimensional.
I love the colors!
I love the red
I like the font used for the title and the contrasting colors. It works well together 🙂
This cover is really interesting!
It looks cool! I love the red!
I like the red on the cover but I would have liked it better if the model wasn’t so dead in the eyes.
The cover looks great!
the cover is beautiful, I love her eyes, and how all the colors go great together!
It looks thoughtful and pensive