Summary
Funny, moving, and devastatingly honest, See Ya, Simon is a New Zealand favourite that has won several awards and has been translated into seven languages. A must-read for all teenagers.
Alternatingly funny and heart-breaking, this classic novel about friendship and loss, growing up and not living to grow up, is an essential read for every teen.
Simon is a typical teenager – in every way except one. Simon likes girls, weekends, and enjoys mucking about and playing pra…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143318026 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143318020 |
| Author: | David Hill |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 6 August 2002 |
| Weight: | 138g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 130mm x 196mm |
| Audience Age: | 10-14 |
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David Hill
David Hill is a prolific and highly regarded New Zealand writer, playwright, poet, columnist, and critic. He is best known for his popular and award-winning work for young people, which spans picture books to teenage fiction. His novels have been published internationally and translated into several languages, and his short stories and plays for young people have been broadcast both in New Zealand and overseas.
Born in Napier, New Zealand, David studied at Victoria University of Wellington and worked as a high school teacher in New Zealand and the UK. He became a full-time writer in 1982. His first novel for teenagers, See Ya, Simon (1992), which tells the story of a boy with muscular dystrophy, was shortlisted for major awards in New Zealand and the UK and won the 1994 Times Educational Supplement Award for Special Needs. A consistently popular novel used as a class text in New Zealand high schools, it was awarded the Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-loved Book in 2002.
Over the past three decades, David has published more than 40 titles. His recent middle-grade novels include My Brother’s War (2012), which won the Junior Fiction Award and the Children’s Choice Junior Fiction Award in the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2013, as well as the LIANZA Librarian’s Choice Award. It was also listed as a Storylines Notable Junior Fiction book, a White Raven, and an IBBY Honour book. This was followed by Brave Company (2014) – also a Storylines Notable Junior Fiction book; The Deadly Sky (2015); Enemy Camp (2016), which won the 2016 HELL Children’s Choice Award for Junior Fiction; Flight Path (2017), a Storylines Notable Book; and Finding (May 2018).
David is also the author of several critically acclaimed picture books with illustrator Phoebe Morris. First to the Top (2015), their bestselling story about the life of Sir Edmund Hillary, won the 2016 Children’s Choice Award for non-fiction and was a 2016 Storylines Notable Picture Book. Speed King (2016), about Burt Munro’s world-record achievements, and Sky High (2017), recounting the life of aviator Jean Batten, both received Storylines Notable Picture Book awards. Hero of the Sea: Sir Peter Blake’s Mighty Ocean Quests was published in 2018, and Dinosaur Hunter: Joan Wiffen’s Awesome Fossil Discoveries in 2019.
In 2004, David was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. In 2005, he was awarded the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for his significant contribution to children’s literature in New Zealand. In November 2021, David was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement - Fiction, recognizing his outstanding contribution to New Zealand Literature.
He lives in New Plymouth with his wife Beth, balancing his writing projects with numerous school visits, professional development for teachers, mentoring emerging writers, and tutoring creative writing.
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