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Pig-Heart Boy

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Pig Heart Boy
First edition (UK)
AuthorMalorie Blackman
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's
PublisherCorgi Books (UK)
Doubleday (US)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Published in English
1997
Pages256

Pig-Heart Boy is a children's novel by Malorie Blackman, which was first published in 1997. It shows the life of a teenage boy who undergoes a heart transplant.[1][2] It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and adapted into a television series, which was broadcast by Children's BBC in 1999.[3]

Thirteen-year-old Cameron Kelsey has a serious heart condition and really needs a new heart. He gets the opportunity to get a new heart but it's not a human heart, it's a pig heart. He undergoes the surgery, but it fails: the heart doesn't work, and he undergoes different surgeries.

BBC television version

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In 1999, the BBC made a six-part television adaptation of the novel. Although the television adaptation was overall quite faithful to the book, some aspects were changed, including some characters' names (for example, Dr. Bryce is labelled Professor Rae in the television version), and also the fact that Cam had not been the first patient to have had a pig transplant with Dr. Bryce/Professor Rae. The series also ended with Alex being born, while the book merely ends with Cam's decision to accept the second heart transplant.

The television adaptation won the BAFTA Award for Children's Drama in 2000.[4]

References

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  1. ↑ Lewis, Isobel (11 January 2022). "Pig Heart Boy author Malorie Blackman responds to news of US pig heart transplant: 'Called it'". Retrieved 16 May 2024 – via www.independent.co.uk.
  2. ↑ Kitty, Kung Fu (16 August 2014). "Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman review". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "BBC children's to screen pig heart transplant drama". Broadcast. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Children's : Drama in 2000". BAFTA. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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