If you found out you were dying, what might you do to stay alive? Would you swap your heart for a new one – from a pig? Cameron is thirteen, and he needs a heart transplant. But he’ll be dead before he tops the waiting list. Then a pioneering doctor makes a startling proposal. He can give Cameron a pig’s heart. It’s a weird idea. It’s risky, controversial and it’s never been done before. It could lead to public outrage. It might not even work. But Cameron has to give it a try…

A shocking, original read by star author Malorie Blackman

Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and filmed for BBC TV

Malorie’s books include the Noughts and Crosses series

She served as Children’s Laureate from 2013-2015

Supplied as a pack of 30 copies.

Product Details

Catalogue number

6769 in Books and Resources for Schools 2021

Format

Paperback

Date published

May 2nd, 2019

Condition

New

UK edition

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Author/Illustrator

Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman has written over fifty books and is acknowledged as one of today’s most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. Her best-loved books include the highly acclaimed Noughts and Crosses sequence and Pig Heart Boy, which also became a major BBC TV series. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Red House Children’s Book Award, and has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to children’s books, and in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children’s literature. She has been described by The Times as ‘a national treasure’ and was the Children’s Laureate 2013-15.