Siong Chin

OVERVIEW

Creativity and Penguin Group held a contest to design Sam Taylor's forthcoming novel called 'The Island at the End of the World'. The winning design would be used for the US version of the book, due out in Spring 2009. A synopsis was given to facilitate the design process:

"A chilling novel about the near future, where most of the world has been destroyed by catastrophic floods. As a father and his three children begin to rebuild their lives alone on an island, his youngest son Finn begins to question how they arrived there and why they alone have been spared. Finn's search for understanding takes an unexpected turn when a strange man named Will swims ashore, and he appears to know quite a bit about this family and the circumstances that surrounded the floods. But Finn's father is determined to keep him silent and is willing to do anything to prevent Will from disturbing his family's idyllic life on the island. Sam Taylor's The Island at the End of the World is a riveting post-apocalyptic tale that explores the darkness that lies within the hearts of men."

This design was chosen from over 300 entries as one of the top 25.