{"product_id":"9780552551663","title":"Pig-Heart Boy","description":"By: Blackman, Malorie \u003cbr\u003e Format: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Random House Children's UK \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 05\/02\/04 \u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780552551663 \u003cbr\u003e Dimensions in mm: 196 x 127 x 17 \u003cbr\u003e Description: 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","brand":"Scotia Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41037838778551,"sku":"9780552551663","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0570\/5629\/7143\/files\/9780552551663_9d17d26e-b0e6-43dd-9dd4-485ebf15458a.jpg?v=1756896319","url":"https:\/\/www.scotiabooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780552551663","provider":"scotia-books-online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}