Penguin Readers Level 4: Pig-Heart Boy (ELT Graded Reader)
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$19.72
- Paperback
80 pages
- Release Date
21 April 2022
Summary
Penguin Readers are made for people learning English as an additional language. The short, simple texts are also perfect for anyone looking for a shorter read. It is an adapted version of the original story.
In this story, Cameron Kelsey is 13 years old. He is not well and needs a new heart. Doctors want to give him a pig’s heart. Cameron cannot decide if he wants the pig’s heart, and some groups are very angry about doctors using animals in this way.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241542569 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241542561 |
| Author: | Malorie Blackman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 21 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 74g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 7mm |
| Series: | Penguin Readers |
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About The Author
Malorie Blackman
Malorie Blackman has written over seventy books for children and young adults, including the Noughts & Crosses series, Thief and a science-fiction thriller, Chasing the Stars. Many of her books have also been adapted for stage and television, including a BAFTA-award-winning BBC production of Pig-Heart Boy and a Pilot Theatre stage adaptation by Sabrina Mahfouz of Noughts & Crosses. There is also a major BBC production of Noughts & Crosses, with Roc Nation (Jay-Z’s entertainment company) curating the soundtrack as executive music producer. In 2005 Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children’s books. In 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children’s literature, and between 2013 and 2015 she was the Children’s Laureate. Most recently Malorie wrote for the Doctor Who series on BBC One, and the fifth novel in her Noughts & Crosses series, Crossfire, was published by Penguin Random House Children’s in summer 2019.
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