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Chargement... Pig-heart Boy [Original Version] (original 1997; édition 1998)par Malorie Blackman (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvrePig-Heart Boy par Malorie Blackman (1997)
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Cameron is 13 years old and desperately in need of a heart transplant, when a pioneering doctor approaches his family with a startling proposal. He can give Cameron a new heart - not from a human, but from a pig Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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When offered a radical new treatment, involving the transplant of a genetically altered pig's heart, he must face not only his own fears of death, his confusion over the ethical decisions but also the reaction of his family, friends, and the public.
Deceptively simple, this is a very nicely written book exploring the themes of death and the ethics of cloning and animal experimentation. Despite being from a young teenager's view, it holds enough within it to keep an adult reader interested, and I raced through it. It should be said that this was a reread from my own teenage years, but I still got as much out of it, and was almost in tears at one point.
Malorie Blackman is a well known YA writer, but this is one of her lesser known books. Nevertheless, it deserves to be noticed perhaps more than it has been.
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I gave the water one last, vicious kick, then stood up slowly. I couldn't bear to listen to any more. It was as if there was a glass wall separating me from the rest of the world. All I could do was watch and envy my friends as they swam and dived and did whatever they wanted without a care in the world.