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Book cover: Monica Hughes - "Crisis on Conshelf Ten"

Hughes, Monica. Crisis on Conshelf Ten. Vancouver: Copp Clark, c1975.

As the first person actually born on the moon, Kepler finds his visit to Earth fraught with difficulties. Available in French as Alerte au plateau 10, translated by A. Roumain (Paris-Gembloux: Duculot, 1978).

© Graham Humphreys, 1975. Reproduction rights obtained by license issued by the Copyright Board of Canada in cooperation with Access Copyright (formerly known as CANCOPY).



Book cover: Monica Hughes - "The Guardian of Isis"



Hughes, Monica. The Guardian of Isis. New York: Atheneum, 1982.

One of the Isis trilogy, this book focuses on the new community and depicts what may happen when guilt and the forming of an autocracy lead to a reversion to more primitive ways. Winner of the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize.

© Andrew Rhodes, 1981. Reproduction rights obtained by license issued by the Copyright Board of Canada in cooperation with Access Copyright (formerly known as CANCOPY).



Book cover: Monica Hughes - "The Isis Pedlar"



Hughes, Monica. The Isis Pedlar. London: Methuen Children's Books, 1983.

Part of the Isis trilogy, the pedlar in this book is no ordinary pedlar  --  he is a shyster and a con-man who has slipped through the quarantine barrier set up around the new colony with a scheme which brings the inhabitants close to disaster ... and which has to be stopped.

© Copyright of book cover unknown, 1983. Reproduction rights obtained by license issued by the Copyright Board of Canada in cooperation with Access Copyright (formerly known as CANCOPY).



Book cover: Monica Hughes - "The Keeper of the Isis Light"



Hughes, Monica. The Keeper of the Isis Light. London: Methuen Children's Books, 1981. A Magnet Book.

The first book in the Isis trilogy begins with the arrival of the space ship from Earth on the planet where Olwen has lived alone with her protector for twelve long years.

© Terry Oakes, 1981. Reproduction rights obtained by license issued by the Copyright Board of Canada in cooperation with Access Copyright (formerly known as CANCOPY).