{"product_id":"9780552551663","title":"Pig-Heart Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Blackman, Malorie \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/02\/2004,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 256 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780552551663,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697708040236,"sku":"9780552551663","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780552551663.jpg?v=1722600391","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780552551663","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}