Monica Hughes

Then I hear the whistle of the train, and the sound takes me back to the farm near Cornell, back to the winter of 1930...

All his life, Blaine has dreamed of being somewhere else. Growing up on a farm during the lean years of the depression, he must be content to watch the trains thunder past his home, count the cars, and pray that one day he will e …

It’s the year 2154. Lisse and her friends have been deemed unemployable in the eyes of society. Now they must scavenge the disintegrating city for food and shelter just to make ends meet.

But their dismal existence starts to look up when Lisse and her friends are invited to participate in the Game, an experience highly regarded in their society. T …

Jan wants a puppy so badly that she would do just about anything to get one. But her mother and her gramma won't allow one in the house. So when Jan and her friend Sarah meet a puppy at the pet store, they know they have to find a creative way to make him Jan's.

When Patch, the pink-tummied puppy that Jan and her friend Sarah visit at the pet store, goes missing, they turn detectives to track him down.

With Patch's new owner they search all over the city, riding the bus, eating at a restaurant downtown, searching alleys and vacant lots. It's a big adventure. But when they finally find the puppy, stuck in a …

Jan and her best friend Sarah have each earned a twenty-dollar reward for helping to track down their puppy friend Patch. They want to do something with the money they'll never forget--so they decide to throw a party for all their friends.

When they start planning, however, they find that parties cost far more than they can afford. When their teach …

Taking part in the Science Fair is a big deal for Grade Three kids, but Jan and her best friend Sarah are ready for the challenge. Still, finding a safe project isn't easy, and the girls discover that getting ready for the fair can cause a whole lot of trouble.

A picture book for children

Paula Herman, 11 years old going on 12, dyes her hair bright carrot orange. She was trying for blonde, her mother's colour, but she missed.

Paula always thought it strange she looked so little like her mother. The summer that they moved from Toronto to Edmonton things got stranger still. There Paula s starts to unravel the mystery of her past and t …

Sandwriter is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.

Ruth is a misfit. Within the protective Dome of Ark Three, she alone disrupts the Web, the perfect pattern formed by the psychic joining of minds.

Other images fill Ruth's dreams, images of a red-haired girl from the far eastern mountains. Could it be that other Arks exist?

Ruth must face a hazardous journey as she becomes involved in a dangerous res …

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, an …

The Keeper of the Isis Light is the first book in Monica Hughes’ acclaimed trilogy, and it is the story of Olwen Pendennis, the Keeper of the Isis Light. She and her companion, Guardian, have lived alone on the remote planet Isis since the death of her parents. Now, colonists from an overcrowded and polluted Earth have landed and are settling in …

Promise is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.

Fantastical stories to spur the imagination.

What if? It’s a question that is the beginning of endless possibilities. When science fiction writer Monica Hughes posed this question to a group of science fiction and fantasy writers, the result was this incredible collection of stories.

Covering the galaxy in setting and every possible emotion, these …