Pig-Heart Boy

By Malorie Blackman

A powerful story about friendship, loyalty and family around this topical and controversial issue&#39; - Guardian&#39;An engrossing story&#39; - Daily Telegraph &#39;That&#39;s all I ever did - watch and listen. I was always a spectator, never a participant. I didn&#39;t call that living. I was alive - but that was all.&#39; Cameron is thirteen, and all he wants is a &#39;normal&#39; life - friends, swimming, school, family.But his life is far from normal. Not every thirteen-year-old desperately needs a new heart because theirs doesn&#39;t work properly. Finally, one doctor offers hope. Cameron could - if he and his parents agree - take part in a radical and controversial procedure involving the transplant of a pig&#39;s heart into his human body. It&#39;s risky. And it&#39;s never been done before . . . While Cameron comes to terms with the idea, he finds the world around him is much less accepting. But surely everyone will understand that it&#39;s better to have a pig&#39;s heart that works than a human heart that doesn&#39;t - won&#39;t they . . .?&#39;A sensitive and informative story that provides a vivid insight into transgenics and xenotransplantations and still manages to squeeze in the inevitable guinea-pig and piggy in the middle jokes&#39; - Independent

A powerful story about friendship, loyalty and family around this topical and controversial issue' - Guardian'An engrossing story' - Daily Telegraph 'That's all I ever did - watch and listen. I was always a spectator, never a participant. I didn't call that living. I was alive -

By Malorie Blackman

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