Ellis, Sarah. "News from the North." Horn Book (October 1984): 661. Contains a positive analysis of Hughes's merit as an author of imaginative writing for young people.
"Monica Hughes." In Something about the Author Autobiography Series, vol. 11. Detroit Gale, 1992. Insight into the life of this author who has lived on four continents and written over thirty books for young adult readers.
Parker, Douglas H. "The Alien Within."
Canadian Children's Literature, vol. 73 (1994): 69. Review of Hughes's novel The Golden Aquarians, with the comment: "Those who know Hughes' other work will understand that she never allows her readers the facile satisfaction of witnessing a 180 degree turn in her characters' behaviour.....
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