Details
- ISBN 9781903015674 / 1903015677
- Title See Ya Simon
- Author David Hill
- Category General Fiction (children's/ya)
Personal & Social Issues: Disability & Special Needs (children's/ya) - Format Paperback
- Year 2007
- Pages 126
- Publisher Barn Owl Books, London
- Imprint Barn Owl Books, London
- Language English
- Dimensions 129mm x 198mm x 194mm
Tells the funny and uplifting story of Simon, a 14 year old boy who has muscular distrophy and spends his life in a wheelchair.
Reissue of this positive story of Simon who has muscular dystrophy.
Review
A beautiful book both heart-warming and heart-tugging; a book that is an essential buy. School Librarian
David Hill, born in 1942, is a versatile journalist, reviewer, fiction writer, playwright and children's writer. Born and educated in Napier and a graduate of Victoria University, he spent 14 years secondary school teaching before writing full-time. He has contributed stories, articles, reviews and plays to newspapers, radio and most New Zealand journals, including Landfall, NZ Listener and School Journal, as well as overseas. He has written many books and in 2002 his novel See Ya Simon won the Children's Literature Association Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book.
Staff Reviews
- 24 Sep
The first novel I really fell in love with (age 11), this is the charming coming-of-age story of Nathan and his best mate Simon. Not only are they 14-year-old boys dealing with the usual problems (girls/puberty/school), Simon has Muscular Dystrophy and is dying. I re-read this book every year and I still cry at the ending. In my opinion no one does New Zealand young adult fiction like David Hill.
Reviewed By Kelly @ The Nile
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