Best Selling Books 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.

Ben is useless at sport but when he joins the writers'' group at school he finds he has some talent. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

When Slade comes to Green Harbour College, with its rich kids and richer parents, the first person he meets is Mallory Garner. How does Slade feel about Mallory? He wants to kick her. Slowly he changes his mind, especially when he discovers the terrible secret that haunts Mallory''s life. An unsettling, top speed, always accurate story from one of New Zealand''s most popular writers for young people. Shortlisted for the Senior Fiction Prize in the New Zealand Post Children''s Book Awards 2003. Winner of the LIANZA Russell Clark Award 2003.

WINNER OF THE JUNIOR FICTION AWARD AND CHILDREN''S CHOICE JUNIOR FICTION AWARD New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2013 WINNER OF THE LIANZA LIBRARIANS'' CHOICE AWARD 2013 STORYLINES NOTABLE BOOK AWARD 2013 IBBY HONOUR LIST 2014 ''...there are stories that need to be told over and over again, to introduce a new generation of readers to important ideas and to critical times in their country''s history...Hill''s descriptions of trench warfare are unforgettable.'' from the Judges'' Report of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2013 ''...this is an important and highly readable book.'' NZ Listener My Dear Mother, Well, I''ve gone and done it. I''ve joined the Army! Don''t be angry at me, Mother dear. I know you were glad when I wasn''t chosen in the ballot. But some of my friends were, and since they will be fighting for King and Country, I want to do the same. It''s New Zealand, 1914, and the biggest war the world has known has just broken out in Europe. William eagerly enlists for the army but his younger brother, Edmund, is a conscientious objector and refuses to fight. While William trains to be a soldier, Edmund is arrested. Both brothers will end up on the bloody battlefields of France, but their journeys there are very different. And what they experience at the front line will challenge the beliefs that led them there. A compelling novel about the First World War for 9-12 year olds.

While working in the woods to save money for a trip to Fiji, Garth and his friends get caught up in a sudden forest fire and must do anything they can to survive the spreading inferno.

The plane bucked sideways, flinging Darryl against the cabin wall. It plunged vertically, jolted so hard that his teeth clacked together, then started skidding downwards through the sky. The screams rose to a frenzy. Then Darryl felt the aircraft turning, swinging towards the right. They were heading towards Mururoa. And towards the nuclear bomb waiting there. The bomb due to explode in fifty-seven minutes. It''s 1974, and a dark, cold New Zealand winter. So when Darryl''s mum announces she is going to the remote Pacific island of Mangareva for work, and she''s taking him with her, he is thrilled. But even as Darryl soaks up the warmth and peaceful beauty of French Polynesia, his holiday is darkened by violent anti-nuclear protests. Plus there''s Alicia, with her furious outbursts against all Pacific nuclear tests. Darryl knows she''s talking rubbish. What he doesn''t know is that when he boards Flight 766 to fly home, his life and the lives of others will be changed forever. Also available as an eBook

When a crazy old man leaps out of the bushes at Conrad on his way to swimming training, he gets the fright of his life. And when he discovers the man’s granddaughter is that weird horse-riding girl from school, he decides to steer clear of them. But fate has other ideas … and he is drawn into a grim secret. What’s the old man’s connection to a death from long ago? And whose life is in danger now …

Rose of Sharon had cried out to the man on the boat, tried to warn him the night he was shot for fishing where he wasn''t welcome. Then she retreated into silence--and guilt. Rose might have kept quiet if it hadn''t been for Lily, the outsider whose infidelities titillated Prince George County. Brassy, blonde Lily saw straight through Rose, the dutiful wife of an abusive man. Lily pushed her over the edge, exacting friendship where Rose had none to give, demanding that she break the code of silence that imprisoned them all. For both women knew that a man was killed in Prince George County for the color of his skin--and the time for change had come.

Using a combination of existing and original research, this new text provides a simple explanation for the low turnout in American elections: rather than creating an environment conducive to participation, the institutional arrangements that govern structure participation, representation, and actual governance in the United States create an environment that discourages widespread participation. To explore this argument, the author examines the origins and development of registration laws, single-member districts, such as the Electoral College, and the separation of powers and the impact these institutions have on turnout levels in American national elections. To this end, the text employs a narrative discussing the impact of institutions on turnout in the United States and across nations, supported with extensive yet accessible data analysis. Hill not only provides students with explanations for the low turnout characteristic of American elections, but also demonstrates the powerful impact of institutions on political life.

Winner of the Junior Fiction Award and Childrenu0092s Choice for Children and Young Adults 2013 (New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2013). Winner of The Lianza Librariansu0092 Choice Award, 2013. Itu0092s New Zealand, 1914, and the biggest war the world has known has just broken out in Europe. William eagerly enlists for the army but his younger brother, Edmund, is a conscientious objector and refuses to fight. While William trains to be a soldier, Edmund is arrested. Both brothers will end up on the bloody battlefields of France, but their journeys there are very different. And what they experience at the front line will challenge the beliefs that led them there.

Describes some of the world''s major volcanic eruptions and looks at the destruction they caused. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

When Welton Intermediate School starts its own New Image rugby team, things don''t look promising; but Welton Wanderers have a few cunning plans. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Rattlesnakes poison their prey and swallow them whole. So why do some people want to get close to these dangerous creatures?