Pig-Heart Boy Av Malorie Blackman

<p><b>A powerful story about friendship, loyalty and family around this topical and controversial issue' - Guardian</b><br><b>'An engrossing story' - Daily Telegraph </b><br><br><b><i>'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.' </i></b><br><br>Cameron is thirteen, and all he wants is a 'normal' life - friends, swimming, school, family.<br><br>But his life is far from normal. Not every thirteen-year-old desperately needs a new heart because theirs doesn't work properly. <br><br><br>Finally, one doctor offers hope. <br>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. <br><br>It's risky. And it's never been done before . . . <br><br>While Cameron comes to terms with the idea, he finds the world around him is much less accepting. <br><br>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 . . .?<br><br><b>'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</b></p>