Penguin: Wonder final Cover 

I decided to seek opinions on both covers to see how people would react and both seemed to gain praise between my peers but the darker blue seemed more superior in the vote. This bothered me because I felt it was more towards preference rather than what fits the brief so I went back and study both and realised that I just needed to combine the two which I tried and didn’t work. This then made me restart and look again and I realised that all I needed to do was apply the same techniques from the darker cover to the lighter which then formed this more complete cover which for create the essence of the book. (Below is my final cover spread for the front, back, and stem)

Final concept