Book cover

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• Prize: $20
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• Winner: safihasan5226

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Contest Brief

Looking for a front/back book cover design for a young adult fiction book. Not looking for photos, just an eye catching, colorful cover (perhaps some graphics or images included) with the title and author name on the front and the below description on the back.
Title: Extra Ordinary
Author: Laura Sanders O'Kane
Book Description:
Despite having friends and big boobs, Lila doesn’t have money or love so she’ll never go from extra ordinary to extraordinary. She has it all figured out and there’s no telling her otherwise. People are who they are and they don’t change. But when friends deviate from the path Lila expects, she has to face the truth that no one’s life is predetermined. Through bullying, heartache, and disappointment she learns to accept change not only in others, but also in herself.

Over Lila's four pivotal years of high school she journals her drama, fun, pain, and growth in an evolving and maturing voice that pulls readers inside her world with honesty, humor, and candor. She shares in a raw and truthful way the complicated friendships of teenage girls and the difficulties of young romance. Readers are sympathetic to Lila’s obstacles, but also drawn to the “villains” she calls friends. She appeals to the large percentage of girls who find themselves in the middle - just trying to survive. Though set in mid 90’s New Jersey, before the internet, cell phones, YouTube, and social media, Lila's experiences and difficulties stand the test of time and geography.

Specifications:

File must be a single PDF file that includes the back cover, spine, and front cover as one image.
File size of 40MB or less

All text and images should be 0.635” (16 mm) from the edge. This is 0.125” (3 mm) inside the margin line.
Spine hinge. There's a 0.4” (10 mm) space between the spine and safe area on the front and back covers. This flexible spine hinge allows the book to open. Please don't include text or the barcode in this area to ensure they aren't distorted, but do right the title and author down this area.

Leave space for a barcode in the bottom left or right of the back cover.

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