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>