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Monica Hughes is the author of My Cat (2001), We Love the Farm (2001), The Keeper of the Isis Light (2000), Bobbie's New Coat (2000), The Guardian of Isis (2000).

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My Cat

release date: May 22, 2001
My Cat
This collection of infant reading books works as the skills-focused backbone of guided reading resources, with step-by-step skills coverage and the full range of genre. The scheme correlates to the NLS and the Scottish 5-14 Attainment targets for children.

We Love the Farm

release date: May 01, 2001
We Love the Farm
This collection of infant reading books works as the skills-focused backbone of guided reading resources, with step-by-step skills coverage and the full range of genre. The scheme correlates to the NLS and the Scottish 5-14 Attainment targets for children.

The Keeper of the Isis Light

release date: Jan 01, 2000
The Keeper of the Isis Light
Sixteen-year-old Olwen, who lives alone on the planet Isis with her faithful robot, falls tragically in love with an arrival from earth who is unaware that her natural form has been hidden in a humanlike space suit.

Bobbie's New Coat

release date: Jan 01, 2000

The Guardian of Isis

release date: Jan 01, 2000
The Guardian of Isis
Years have passed on Isis, but life has gone backward, not forward. Under their leader, Mark London, the settlers have abandoned the technological knowledge of their forefathers. Upper Isis is now a forbidden zone, and the history of the first inhabitants from Earth has been replaced by myth. But one inquiring young man yearns to know the truth, and soon he gets the chance to find it.

Water, Water

release date: Jan 01, 2000

What's It Made Of?

release date: Jan 01, 2000

The Tomorrow City

release date: Jan 01, 1999

The Golden Aquarians

release date: Jan 01, 1995
The Golden Aquarians
Walt Elliot goes with the father he hasn't seen for years to the planet Aqua, where he discovers that his father's project threatens the existence of a highly intelligent native species.

Sandwriter [text (large Print)]

release date: Jan 01, 1995

Invitation to the Game

release date: Jun 01, 1993
Invitation to the Game
Unemployed after high school in the highly robotic society of 2154, Lisse and seven friends resign themselves to a boring existence in their "Designated Area" until the government invites them to play The Game.

A Handful of Seeds

release date: Jan 01, 1993
A Handful of Seeds
One sad day, Grandmother died. "You cannot stay here," said the man who owned the land. "I have a family ready to move in." Young Concepcion has no choice but to move to the [barrio of the nearby city. There she meets children who, in order to survive, must steal the good they eat. But Concepcion has a plan. With back-breaking work she plants a garden amid the rubble, using her grandmother''s legacy: a handful of chili, corn and bean seeds. But her garden is destroyed. Will she have the strength to begin again? Monica Hughes''s powerful story is complemented perfectly by the paintings of Luis Garay, a young Nicaraguan artist. Sharon, Lois and Bram provide a moving introduction. Published in collaboration with UNICEF Canada, A Handful of Seeds offers a message of hope on behalf of the thirty million children worldwide who live on the streets of their cities.

The Crystal Drop

release date: Jan 01, 1993
The Crystal Drop
In the summer of 2011, the death of their mother sends Megan and her younger brother Ian on a dangerous journey across a Canada ravaged by drought and the collapse of civilization.

The Isis Pedlar

release date: Jan 01, 1989
The Isis Pedlar
The community of the planet of Isis, misled by power-hungry space captain Michael Joseph Flynn, moves down the path of destruction until Moira, the captain''s daughter, exposes his self-serving designs.

The Promise

release date: Jan 01, 1989

The Dream Catcher [braille]

release date: Jan 01, 1989

My Name is Paula Popowich!

My Name is Paula Popowich!
For Paula Herman, 11 going on 12, life is pretty straightforward - until the summer her mother decides to move to Edmonton. There Paula begins to unravel the mystery of her past and things begin to get complicated. Why does her mother refuse to talk about it? What has happened to the handsome man in the photograph - the man she knows must be her father? Why is his name Popowich when hers is Herman? The deeper Paula goes into solving the mystery, the more tangled her life becomes - until running away seems the only solution. Or is it?

Hunter in the Dark

Hunter in the Dark
A teenage boy goes on a secret hunting trip alone in an effort to come to terms with his leukemia and to test his strength and resourcefulness in battling the elements and stalking the white-tailed deer that is his quarry.

Ring-rise Ring-set

Ring-rise Ring-set
In a world where scientists are battling to prevent the onset of a new ice age, Lisa - bored with life in the enclosed City - runs away and joins a scientific expedition to the snow fields. Captured by the Ekos who live in the barren lands, Lisa learns of the "black snow" and the perils to follow.
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