Evaluation

Wonder provides a journey through school of the main character, August. The novel tells us about his struggle with having a deformity whilst showing the growth he gains from going to school. It shows us that nothing is centred around one person, the shift in viewpoints causes the reader to see it from all angles.

August in the astronaut helmet is representing the initial stages of the book where he was hiding his deformity, but we learn through the book that the mask is not needed and that august is now growing up.

Wonder revolves around August, but this cover is showing the audience that there is much more beyond his viewpoint. It is suggesting to the readers that there is a bigger picture. There are six balloons to represent the six different viewpoints that are portrayed throughout this book.

The back page of the book cover was simple in order to keep the attention focused on the front. A darker background colour was chosen to represent the universe but also to make the planet balloon illustrations stand out on the page.

The timeframe for this brief was a month, which was completed with ease due to previous experience with this competition brief.

The brief stated that this book cover must appeal to the widest audience, capturing the children to purchase the book however alongside this the cover should encourage and engage with adults who would purchase it for the children. This resulted in a target audience that was varied which was more challenging to design for as the largest demographic had to be appealed to.