Hogan's earlier novel, Solar Storms, also features an adolescent heroine and is concerned with Native and environmental issues. Its plot is more traditionally Western in shape than the plot of Power. Mean Spirit, Hogan's historical novel, explores an important but little-discussed part of American history, the exploitation of the Osage for their oil rights. Although most of the protagonists in this novel are adults, there is an important adolescent character for young readers to identify with.

There are many good novels written by Native writers that young readers might also enjoy. Susan Powers' Grass Dancer is a coming of age story about a young Native girl; Louise Erdrich's series of novels about an extended family of Native Americans over many generations (beginning with The Beet Queen) will appeal to young readers; Paula Gunn Allen's collection of stories, Spiderwoman's Grand Daughters, contains stories by many...