Pig-heart Boy by Malorie Blackman
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!
Malorie Blackman is acknowledged as one of today's most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. The novels in her Noughts & Crosses series have won several awards, including the Red House Children's Book Award. Both Hacker and Thief! won the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 Award Malorie is the only author to have won this award twice while Hacker also won the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award in 1994. Her work has appeared on screen, with Pig-Heart Boy, which was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, being adapted into a BAFTA-winning TV serial. Malorie has also written a number of titles for younger readers including Cloud Busting, which won the Smarties Silver Award, The Monster Crisp Guzzler and Whizziwig. Colin Mier is the illustrator of The Amazing Adventures of Raincoat Man, Go Fox, and Jumping Jack.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780552528412 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552528412 |
| Title | Pig-heart Boy |
| Author | Malorie Blackman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 1998-09-03 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Carnegie Medal 1998, Short-listed for LA Carnegie Medal 1998 |
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