This book tells the story of Simon, a 14 year old boy who has muscular distrophy and spends his life in a wheelchair. Told by Simon's best friend Nathan, the book combines the tragedy of a fatal illness with a robust hilarity that has the reader laughing out loud.

 

There are 126 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Barn Owl Books, London .

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.