See Ya, Simon by David Hill
Simon is a typical teenager - in every way except one. Simon likes girls, weekends and enjoys mucking about and playing practical jokes. But what s different is that Simon has muscular dystrophy - he is in a wheelchair and doesn t have long to live. See Ya, Simon is told by Simon's best friend, Nathan. Funny, moving and devastatingly honest, it tells of their last year together. Winner of the Times Educational Supplement Nasen Award, the Silver Pen Award and the Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-loved Book, See Ya, Simon has been published in the USA, UK, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, China, Japan and Slovenia.
During his remarkable career, David Hill has been chairman then managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation; chairman of the Australian Football Association; chief executive and director of the State Rail Authority; chairman of Sydney Water Corporation; a fellow of the Sydney University Senate; and chairman of CREATE (an organisation representing Australian children in institutional care). He has held a number of other executive appointments and committee chair positions in the areas of sport, transport, international radio broadcasting, international news providers, politics, fiscal management and city parks. David came from England to Australia in 1959 under the Fairbridge Farm School Child Migrant scheme. He left school at 15, then returned to complete his Master's degree in economics while working as an economics tutor at Sydney University. In 2006 he was awarded a Diploma of Arts with merit in classical archaeology from Sydney University and subsequently graduated in classical archaeology. He is an honorary associate at the Sydney University departments of archaeology and classics and ancient history, and a visiting fellow at the University of New South Wales. Since 2011 he has been the manager of an archaeological study of the ancient Greek city of Troizen. He has for many years been a leading figure in the international campaign to have t
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143318026 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143318020 |
| Titel | See Ya, Simon |
| Autor | David Hill |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2002-08-06 |
| Seitenanzahl | 144 |
| Preise | Winner of Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book 2002, Winner of Silver Pen Award 1997, Winner of NASEN Special Educational Needs Children's Book Award 1994, Short-listed for NZLIA Children's Book Award Esther Glen Medal 1993, Short-listed for AIM Children's Book Award: Senior Fiction Category 1993 |
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