The Accidentals is a book about three teenagers each with different problems in their lives. Marissa, Jake, and Kaya get tickets to the Echo Music Festival in various ways, and they each hope to use the festival to improve their lives. But when they get there, they recieve a mysterious message and get recruited for a mission. Their mission is to reveal the true identity of a British pop star. The author wanted a simple, yet sophisticated cover to catch the eye of 12 to 16 year olds (primarily girls). The cover needed to be a mixture of the teenage romance novel type and the heist type, spy covers. Having the three teenagers on the cover wasn't necessary. However, it was the best thing to do so that the book would attract the right audience—teenagers. I aimed at keeping it simple, it needed to be clean, and uncluttered.