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Pig-Heart Boy written by Malorie Blackman  Welcome to our literature circle wikipage. We are 6 students from Room 11 at Meadowbank School who are participating in a literature circle trial. This is where we document some of the work we do based on the book Pig Heart Boy. __** Members fo the Literature Circle Group - Maddy, Sajith, Sophie, Athena, Harry and Hela **__

About the Book:

Cameron is thirteen 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 - but not one from a human, one from a pig.

It's never been done before. It's experimental, risky and very controversial. But Cameron is fed up with just sitting on the side of life, always watching and never doing. He has to try - to become the world's first Pig-Heart Boy.


 * __ Our Book Reviews: __**

Athena - Join Cameron, a teenager who is fighting for his life all due to his weak heart, where every beat of it is a countdown to death, as he tries to enjoy his last year of sweet, sweet, life. He had been pushed away at the chance of a heart before, but when mysterious Dr. Bryce comes to town offering Cam the chance of his life, there is no going back! The trick is, it isn’t a normal heart. It’s a pigs heart. It’s never been done before, but Cameron is willing to do anything to live. A wonderful story to read, even the pickiest reader will fall in love with this book! My rating 7/10

Harry - We are reading about a very exciting but sad book. It is about a boy called Cam. He has a very rare disease and his heart is bleeding and he only has a year or so to live. When he came home from school one day his parents where arguing agian about his life and his mum said "do you want or boy to be the first pig ♥ boy". The athour Malorie Blackman who also wrote the famous series, naughts and crosses.

Soph - When a young boy Cameron of 14 years old is suffering a terrible heart condition he feels he is missing out but when a heart surgeon studying immunology comes up with a radical proposal of implanting a heart, not a humans but a pigs it leaves him in astonishment. He is left with a life changing decision in his own hands his. It is risky and it’s never been done before but he has to try to become the worlds first pig heart boy. A truly inspiring story and is a joy to read which I give 4 out of 5 stars.

Hela - Pig ♥  Boy is a great book. It tugs your ♥ strings with Cameron, a character with a serious problem. He has a bad heart and is desperately in need of a new one, and if he does not get one soon death will course through him! When a doctor approaches him, with a startling gift of a pigs heart in place of a human one, Cameron might need to accept and become the world's first pig ♥ boy! I rate this thriller a 5/5!

Saj - This book is an gory but interesting book which makes you keep on reading. There is a boy who has got heart problems so he is going to have a pig's heart replace his own heart or else he is going to die. His live is very hard but he needs to get through this.

Maddy - Pig ♥ Boy is about a 13 year old boy who has a terrible heart condition and needs a miracle to save his life. A pioneering doctor has an idea to use a pigs heart instead of a human heart transplant. Cameron does not like doing nothing just sitting around and watching people come and go while his life ticks away tick tick tick. I recommend this book for kids aged 9-12 and if you like books with suspense.

Click on the Video Links below to find out about the jobs we have within our literature circle:

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