Pig-Heart Boy

2000-01-20 Heart

Author : Malorie Blackman
Release : 2000-01-20
Genre : Heart
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 165/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Pig-Heart Boy by : Malorie Blackman

Download or read book Pig-Heart Boy written by Malorie Blackman. This book was released on 2000-01-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accept a transplant of a pig's heart, or die? That's what Cameron has to decide ... The story: Cameron is offered the chance to have a highly experimental and controversial operation which might save his life. But replacing his heart with one from a pig brings not only medical risk, it places Cameron at the eye of a storm of controversy. Medical ethics, the role of the press and the right to privacy are all brought into vivid focus in this gripping read. Themes: medical ethics; disability; the experience of growing up; animal rights; the individual and society; the media; death. Multicultural Suitable for KS 3/4 (P7-S4)

Pig-Heart Boy

2011-04-01 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Malorie Blackman
Release : 2011-04-01
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 553/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Pig-Heart Boy written by Malorie Blackman. This book was released on 2011-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 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

Cloud Busting

2011-10-31 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Malorie Blackman
Release : 2011-10-31
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 801/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Cloud Busting written by Malorie Blackman. This book was released on 2011-10-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Davey is the new boy in class and Sam can't stand him. He thinks Davey is a Grade A moron. But when the two are thrown together Sam discovers that Davey's eccentric way of looking at the world makes life a lot more fun. Until the day something terrible happens... A funny and sad story, told completely in verse.

Pighearted

2021-10-26 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Alex Perry
Release : 2021-10-26
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 809/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Pighearted written by Alex Perry. This book was released on 2021-10-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte's Web meets My Sister's Keeper in this charming story told from the alternating perspectives of a boy with a fatal heart condition and the pig with the heart that could save his life. Jeremiah’s heart skips a beat before his first soccer game, but it’s not nerves. It’s the first sign of a heart attack. He knows he needs to go to the hospital, but he’s determined to score a goal. Charging after the ball, he refuses to stop…even if his heart does. J6 is a pig and the only one of his five brothers who survived the research lab. Though he's never left his cell, he thinks of himself as a therapy pig, a scholar, and a bodyguard. But when the lab sends him to live with Jeremiah's family, there’s one new title he’s desperate to have: brother. At first, Jeremiah thinks his parents took in J6 to cheer him up. But before long, he begins to suspect there's more to his new curly-tailed companion than meets the eye. When the truth is revealed, Jeremiah and J6 must protect each other at all costs—even if their lives depend on it.

Thief!

2011-05-05 Young Adult Fiction

Author : Malorie Blackman
Release : 2011-05-05
Genre : Young Adult Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 790/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Thief! written by Malorie Blackman. This book was released on 2011-05-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're the new girl in school. You're just trying to fit in - and it's not working. Then someone accuses you of theft, and you think things can't get any worse. Until you get caught in a freak storm . . . The next thing you know, you're in the future. Being shot at for being out after curfew. You don't even recognise your hometown. And you're heading for a confrontation from your worst nightmare. What if you could change the past to save the future?

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