Donelson, Kenneth L. Literature for Today's Young Adults. 3d ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1989: 74. Contains a list of honor books in adolescent literature with biographical information about some major writers as well as guidelines for understanding the genre.

Hutcheson, Barbara. "Norma Fox Mazer," School Library Journal 32 (March, 1986), p. 177. A critical review of Three Sisters which could be used in a discussion of how to evaluate books.

——. Growing Up Firstborn. New York: Delacorte Press, 1989. Although this book deals mainly with how being born first directly effects the kind of person the child becomes, it must give insights into the development of the other siblings.

Twichell, Ethel R. "Norma Fox Mazer," Horn Book42 (July/August, 1986): 86.

A book review which can be used in preparing for the book study.