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Pig-Heart Boy

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Celebrating 85 years of Sparking Imaginations

A beautiful clothbound edition of the much-loved modern classic Pig-Heart Boy. Bound in real cloth with two coloured foils and sprayed coloured edges, this deluxe edition is a perfect gift or collector's item. Part of an eight book set published to mark the 85th anniversary of Puffin Books, this edition has a brand-new foreword from Adam Kay.


All Cameron wants is a 'normal' life - friends, swimming, school, family.

But most normal thirteen-year-olds don't desperately need a new heart because theirs doesn't work properly.

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, 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 . . .?



Collect all eight titles in the Puffin Clothbound 85th Anniversary Collection
- THE STORY OF TRACY BEAKER by Jacqueline Wilson with a foreword by Beth Lincoln- DIARY OF A WIMPY KID by Jeff Kinney with a foreword by Dapo Adeola- CHARLOTTE'S WEB by E.B. White with a foreword by Jordan Lees- MATILDA by Roald Dahl with a foreword by Robin Stevens- THE EXTREMELY EMBARRASSING LIFE OF LOTTIE BROOKS by Katie Kirby with a foreword by Nadia Shireen- PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF by Rick Riordan with a foreword by Nazneen Ahmed Pathak- PIG-HEART BOY by Malorie Blackman with a foreword by Adam Kay- WONDER by R.J. Palacio with a foreword by Tom Fletcher

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ISBN9780241777459
PublisherPenguin Books Ltd (UK)
Publication Date08/07/25
Pages256

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    maddie.23

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    In „Pig Heart Boy“ begleiten wir den 13-jährigen Cameron, der dringend ein neues Herz benötigt. Auf seinem Weg durch die bahnbrechende erste Xenotransplantation kämpfen sowohl er als auch seine Familie mit den Vorurteilen ihrer Mitmenschen sowie dem gesellschaftlichen Druck durch die Medien. Das Buch regt stark zum Nachdenken über medizinische Ethik, Vorurteile und den Wert des Lebens an. Gleichzeitig zeigt es, wie wichtig Toleranz und Offenheit gegenüber Menschen sind, die von besonderen Umständen betroffen sind.

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    May 17, 2026

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