Other books by Suzanne Newton which may be of interest to readers of this novel include I Will Call It Georgie's Blues (1983); An End to Perfect (1984); A Place Between (1986), and Where are You When I Need You? (1991).

Novels for young adults that treat initiation into the world of work, as does M. V. Sexton Speaking include Double Take, by Richard Belair; A Man's Pride, by Jane Claypool Milner, and Blue Denim Blues, by Ann Warren Smith.