The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau - Covers

I actually saw the author of this book live, several years ago, when she was talking about her book - and its multiple covers in different countries. I haven't read the book in a long time but I remembered some of the covers, so here they are:


American; UK; Japanese

      

 Oh dear God. What on earth possessed the Japanese to make the cover look like that?? THOSE LOOK LIKE TRUFFULA TREES. THERE ARE NO TRUFFULA TREES IN THE CITY OF EMBER.

End rant. Okay. Needless to say? I hate the Japanese cover, at least in relationship to the content of the book, and ignoring the fact that the stupid image refuses to let me resize it. Anyway, while I can't say that I absolutely love any of the books, the American one is pretty clever, so I'm going to have to say that's my favorite.

~Sky

P.S. The Japanese one could have been okay on a different book. That is to say, a picture book for three-year-olds with terrible sense in colors.