Yellow Jackets

These yellow covers of 2007 titles catch attention with one centered image and for two of them, very subtle title text. Betwixt by Tara Bray Smith (Little, Brown), Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (Knopf- Jacket art c2007 by Michael Storrings.), and by Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern (Feiwel & Friends), and Schooled by Gordon Korman (Hyperion – Jacket design by Ellice M. Lee. Jacket photographs, front to back: cRoyalty-Free/Hemera Technologies/Jupiter Images; cRoyalty-Free/Comstock Images/Jupiter Images).

Betwixt Naomi and Ely

Get Well Schooled

Most of these titles are for older teens. Is there something about this bright yellow that designers think will work for teens? Does it? Also, notice that each title comes from a different publisher. Is there a quota? Are designers allowed one yellow book a year?

[Update: One more for the yellow list -Hitler's Canary by Sandi Toksvig (Roaring Brook 2007, c2005)]
Hitler’s Canary

Betwixt: Three alienated teenagers are drawn to a strange outdoor concert in the woods outside of Seattle, where they discover that they possess magical powers and that their destinies are intertwined. (Age 14+)
Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List: Although they have been friends and neighbors all their lives, straight Naomi and gay Ely find their relationship severely strained during their freshman year at New York University. (Age 14+)
Get Well Soon: When her parents confine her to a mental hospital, an overweight teenage girl, who suffers from panic attacks, describes her experiences in a series of letters to a friend. (Age 12+)
Schooled: Cap lives in isolation with his grandmother, a former hippie; but when she falls from a tree and breaks her hip, Cap is sent to a foster home where he has his first experience in a public school. (Ages 8-12)
Hitler’s Canary: Ten-year-old Bamse and his Jewish friend Anton participate in the Danish Resistance during World War II. (Ages 9-12)

2 Responses to “Yellow Jackets”

  1. Joyce Tapper Says:

    Please let me know how to contact:

    Ellice M. Lee

    or ask her to contact me regarding the SOLD cover.

    Thanks,

    Joyce Tapper

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