Commire, Anne, ed. Something about the Author. Detroit: Gale Research, 1979.

Presents Zindel's views of his life and work.

Haley, Beverly A., and Kenneth L. Donelson. "Pigs and Hamburgers, Cadavers and Gamma Rays: Paul Zindel's Adolescents." Elementary English 51 (October 1974): 941-945. A perceptive evaluation of Zindel's view of adolescence as seen in his early novels and his award-winning play, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.

Henke, James T. "Six Characters in Search of the Family: The Novels of Paul Zindel." Children's Literature Annual 5 (1976): 130-140. Afine analysis of the pattern of adolescents assuming the parental role in Zindel's first three novels. In the case of My Darling, My Hamburger, Henke treats Sean and Liz's parenting of Dennis and Maggie but devotes more attention to their failure as parents as suggested by the abortion.

Jakiel, S. James. "Paul Zindel: An Author For Today's Adolescents."

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