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Monica Hughes has written over 30 books, and has nearly won almost every award for young adult fiction. Hughes is best known for her Isis trilogy novels. Even though Hughes spent a large portion of her life writing, she didn't get any of her work published until the 1970s. Hughes first published work was entitles Gold-Fever Trail: A Klondike Adventure, which was a Canadian historical adventure. Hughes final work, published in 2002, was entitled The Maze. The Maze is a story about a female protagonist who must rescue herself and two bullies with her from a maze they were magically put in.
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