{"product_id":"pig-heart-boy","title":"Pig-Heart Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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 - but that was all.' Cameron is thirteen, and all he wants is a 'normal' 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'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's heart into his human body. It's risky. And it'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's better to have a pig's heart that works than a human heart that doesn't - won't they . . .? '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' - Independent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA powerful story about friendship, loyalty and family around this topical and controversial issue * Guardian * An engrossing story * Daily Telegarph * 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 * Independent * Many unexpected twists * The Times *.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eReviews\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalorie Blackman has written over seventy books for children and young adults. Many of her books have also been adapted for stage and television, including a major BBC production of Noughts \u0026amp; Crosses. Malorie has been awarded the Eleanor Farjeon award, received an OBE, and served as Children's Laureate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52263882883355,"sku":"9780552551663","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0915\/4363\/4203\/files\/pig-heart-boy-8580306.jpg?v=1786589588","url":"https:\/\/abcschoolsupplies.ie\/products\/pig-heart-boy","provider":"ABC School Supplies ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}