Pig-Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman

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Pig-Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman

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Summary

Cameron is 13 years old and desperately in need of a heart transplant, when a pioneering doctor approaches his family with a startling proposal. He can give Cameron a new heart - not from a human, but from a pig!

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Pig-Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman

Cameron is fed up with not being able to join in with his friends' swimming and other games because of his weak heart, so when his dad reads an article about transgenics, he's keen to find out more. They contact the doctor pioneering animal organ transplants, and after exhaustive tests it is decided that Cameron should be the first human ever to receive a pig heart transplant. His mum has misgivings but Cam knows he can't pass up his chance for a normal life. However, after the operation, though, life is anything but normal. There are a lot of people who turn against Cameron without understanding him - and he loses support where he most expects to find it. Cam's will to live is truly tested - will it be enough to carry him through the danger and the pain? A heart-stopping thriller with an up-to-the-minute contemporary setting from an author acclaimed for her gripping stories.

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Malorie Blackman worked as a database manager and systems programmer before becoming a full-time writer. Her reputation has steadily grown and she has been awarded a number of prizes including the WHSmith's Mind-Boggling Books Award and the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 award for HACKER, the Young Telegraph/Fully Booked award for THIEF! and, more recently, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for PIG-HEART BOY. She was voted Voice/Excel Children's Writer of the Year in 1997. Her novel NOUGHTS AND CROSSES has won both the Children's Book Award and the Lancashire Children's Book Award 2002. THE TIMES recently described her as 'a bit of a national treasure.'
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ISBN 13 9780552546843
ISBN 10 0552546844
Title Pig-Heart Boy
Author Malorie Blackman
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Year published 1999-12-02
Number of pages 208
Prizes Short-listed for Carnegie Medal 1998, Short-listed for LA Carnegie Medal 1998
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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