PICK HEART BOY PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
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 Yayınevi PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE Yazar MALORIE BLACKMAN Sayfa Sayısı 256 SAYFA Yıl 2024
