{"product_id":"pig-heart-boy-1","title":"Pig Heart Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful story about friendship, loyalty and family around this topical and controversial issue'' - Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An engrossing story'' - Daily Telegraph \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''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.'' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCameron is thirteen, and all he wants is a ''normal'' life - friends, swimming, school, family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut his life is far from normal. Not every thirteen-year-old desperately needs a new heart because theirs doesn''t work properly. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally, one doctor offers hope. \u003cbr\u003eCameron 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt''s risky. And it''s never been done before . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Cameron comes to terms with the idea, he finds the world around him is much less accepting. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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 . . .?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''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\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57307209466238,"sku":"NW9780552551663","price":8.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780552551663.jpg?v=1778244322","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/pig-heart-boy-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}