Most Popular Books by David Hill

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

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

Almost a year has passed since the Lakeside Murder case. Its said that Paul Vito had hidden a large amount of money somewhere near a graveyard before he had died. It was never proven to be true so people think that its just rumor. Out in Ash ridge, a few miles from Cedarville Lake construction had begun on a shopping center/hotel complex but had to be stopped when workers unearthed some American Indian artifacts. A state archeological team is surveying the area and recovering them so construction can resume. Right now the Cedarville Police Department is investigating a case involving the death of a college student caused by drugs that have recently resurfaced in the community. Even among law enforcement a conspiracy still looms. Has everyone connected with Paul Vito been caught? is on peoples minds. While the death of his former partner still haunts him, Inspector Dan Guthrie and his partner Detective John Taylor will soon discover that there is a hidden agenda in their community and will have to do whatever they can to bring the guilty to justice.

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.

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.

Parents going through separation or divorce are understandably worried about how the change in the family will affect their children. This guide walks parents through all the factors they should consider and offers step-by-step guidance on how to work together to put their children first. From sharing the news with children in an age-appropriate way to handling the issue of custody, from concerns about affairs or abuse to embarking on remarriage and blending families, Co-Parenting Through Separation and Divorce offers a roadmap through one of life's most difficult challenges with the goal of healthy, happy kids informing every decision along the way.

The remarkable series of 244 maps and charts in this book comprise the first atlas of Anglo-Saxon England. It will be an indispensable companion to scholars and students of early English history and archaeology. The book covers every major aspect of Anglo-Saxon culture and history that may be expressed in graphic terms -- sea level changes, settlement patterns, place names, invasions, campaigns, mints and coinage, important itineraries, land holdings, mining, agriculture, trade, towns, monasteries and the Church. Wherever appropriate, David Hill sets English developments in their European context. The book is very much more than a straightforward work of historical exegesis. It bears the stamp of its author's vision and imagination and is informed by new historical and archaeological research. The author has provided a concise commentary to accompany the maps, and a comprehensive index of place names. - Back cover.

Winner of the Junior Fiction Award and Children’s Choice for Children and Young Adults 2013 (New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2013). Winner of The Lianza Librarians’ Choice Award, 2013. 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.

Slade's impression of Mallory Garner is that she's a snob, but he soon realises that she is actually hurting herself from unhappiness and she desperately needs help. Suggested level: junior secondary.

Nathan and Simon are close school friends who share interests ranging from computers to girls, but Simon also has muscular dystrophy, and will not have long to live. Both boys have learned to come to terms with Simon's illness and disability.

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.