Hi,
First, thank you for your very detailed brief !
Could you please povide us the total entire dimension of the cover ( I mean "BACK + SPINE + FRONT" with or without the 3mm bleed) : That would make possible an entirely covering design.
sorry for my broken english but I' sure you got what I meant !

all the best,

Jean-Joseph

Greetings, you have other photos of the character in other positions, which you can attach. Thank you

Is it a must to use that young man photo ? Or other licensed similar photo will be good ? if it's a must, can you provide with a better resolution photo ?
Regard

Please read the design brief, all the info is there.

I do, but this one conveys the trauma and fear better than the others

Hi Jean-Joseph,
The total would be approximately 11.5" wide X 8" tall including spine (not including bleed)

Hello Everyone,
Thank you so much for all your work. I appreciate your efforts and am impressed by some of what is coming in. Apparently, the image of the boy that I uploaded to be used is not the best quality. I will locate the original and provide it at the final stages.
Thanks again for your input :)

Hello Everyone,

Thank you so much for your fabulous entries. I am very happy with the quality that came through in your drafts.
I am sending out the four shortlisted designs to a few schools this week to get input from the target age group during their English literature classes.
There will probably need to be a few adjustments to whichever design comes back as the preferred one (but not too many because the final 4 are fabulous), so if you'd rather not do any more on your design please let me know early.