Pig-Heart Boy
€ 12,00
Informação do Produto
| ISBN | 9780552551663 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Malorie Blackman |
| Editora | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Formato | Capa mole |
| Número de páginas | 256 |
| Peso (kg) | 0,186 |
| Data de Publicação | 05/02/2004 |
| Preço (iva excl.) | € 11,32 |
| Imposto | € 0,68 |
| Preço (iva inc.) | € 12,00 |
| Disponibilidade | +20 unidades em armazém externo |
Descrição do Produto
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