Monica Hughes was a very popular writer for young people, and has won numerous prizes. Her books have been published in the United States, Poland, Spain, Japan, France, Scandinavia, England, and Germany. She has twice received the Canada Council Prize for Children's Literature, and was runner-up for the Guardian Award.
She is the author of Keeper of the Isis Light, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults, which also received a Certificate of Honor from the International Board on Books for Young People; Hunter in the Dark, also an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; and Sandwriter, among many other titles.
This e- book was simple and non-challenging. It opens up conversation for different types of transport that people take to see far away family members. I appreciated the diversity of the family portrayed traveling to Pakistan. I think that the book could have included more detail for what to expect when traveling such long distances for younger children.