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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Hello God
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'Kate is twelve years old, and chats to God about everything - her parents and their new baby, her friends, getting used to her new glasses, even about the ants who drown in the puddles in her driveway. If God exists, why doesn't he teach ants to swim?

'Kate also talks to God about Stephanie, the new girl in her class. Stephanie isn't the sort of girl Kate is usually friends with; she's too 'nerdy' for a start. And she looks weird, too. But getting to know Steph proves to be unexpectedly interesting for Kate, making her look at friendship in a new way.

'Things get serious when Steph becomes ill. Steph's a good person, so why isn't she getting better? But just when Kate's ready to give up on God, she finds the answers to her questions in an unexpected place.' (Publisher's blurb)

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Japanese translation.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Taisetsu na tomodachi
Alternative title: たいせつな友だち
Language: Japanese
    • Tokyo, Honshu,
      c
      Japan,
      c
      East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
      :
      Kumon Shuppan ,
      2009 .
      Extent: 142p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 4774316539, 9784774316536

Works about this Work

Youth Page Angie Schiavone (interviewer), 2010 single work interview
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , June/July no. 191 2010; (p. 8-9)
Untitled Lynne Babbage , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 51 no. 4 2007; (p. 27)

— Review of Hello God Moya Simons , 2007 single work children's fiction
[Review] Hello God Joy Lawn , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 22 no. 4 2007; (p. 38)

— Review of Hello God Moya Simons , 2007 single work children's fiction
[Review] Hello God Joy Lawn , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 22 no. 4 2007; (p. 38)

— Review of Hello God Moya Simons , 2007 single work children's fiction
Untitled Lynne Babbage , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 51 no. 4 2007; (p. 27)

— Review of Hello God Moya Simons , 2007 single work children's fiction
Youth Page Angie Schiavone (interviewer), 2010 single work interview
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , June/July no. 191 2010; (p. 8-9)
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