Pig-Heart Boy

Pig-Heart Boy
Author :
Publisher : Collins Educational
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0003302164
ISBN-13 : 9780003302165
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Pig-Heart Boy by : Malorie Blackman

Accept a transplant of a pig's heart, or die? That's what Cameron has to decide ... The story: Cameron is offered the chance to have a highly experimental and controversial operation which might save his life. But replacing his heart with one from a pig brings not only medical risk, it places Cameron at the eye of a storm of controversy. Medical ethics, the role of the press and the right to privacy are all brought into vivid focus in this gripping read. Themes: medical ethics; disability; the experience of growing up; animal rights; the individual and society; the media; death. Multicultural Suitable for KS 3/4 (P7-S4)

Operation Gadgetman!

Operation Gadgetman!
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 240
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781446453681
ISBN-13 : 1446453685
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Operation Gadgetman! by : Malorie Blackman

Beans calls her dad 'Gadgetman' because of the weird and wonderful gadgets he comes up with - everything from exploding biscuits to Spy Kits. But when Gadgetman accidentally invents a device that could be used to steal millions of pounds, the wrong people find out and Gadgetman is kidnapped!With the help of her friends - and her special Gadgetman Spy Kit - Beans is determined to track down the kidnappers and rescue her dad. But can she find Gadgetman before he is forced to hand over the details of his invention...?

Thief!

Thief!
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 240
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781446453797
ISBN-13 : 1446453790
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis Thief! by : Malorie Blackman

You're the new girl in school. You're just trying to fit in - and it's not working. Then someone accuses you of theft, and you think things can't get any worse. Until you get caught in a freak storm . . . The next thing you know, you're in the future. Being shot at for being out after curfew. You don't even recognise your hometown. And you're heading for a confrontation from your worst nightmare. What if you could change the past to save the future?

Pighearted

Pighearted
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Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 210
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780316538800
ISBN-13 : 0316538809
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Pighearted by : Alex Perry

Charlotte's Web meets My Sister's Keeper in this charming story told from the alternating perspectives of a boy with a fatal heart condition and the pig with the heart that could save his life. ​Jeremiah’s heart skips a beat before his first soccer game, but it’s not nerves. It’s the first sign of a heart attack. He knows he needs to go to the hospital, but he’s determined to score a goal. Charging after the ball, he refuses to stop…even if his heart does. J6 is a pig and the only one of his five brothers who survived the research lab. Though he's never left his cell, he thinks of himself as a therapy pig, a scholar, and a bodyguard. But when the lab sends him to live with Jeremiah's family, there’s one new title he’s desperate to have: brother. At first, Jeremiah thinks his parents took in J6 to cheer him up. But before long, he begins to suspect there's more to his new curly-tailed companion than meets the eye. When the truth is revealed, Jeremiah and J6 must protect each other at all costs—even if their lives depend on it.

Cloud Busting

Cloud Busting
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 178
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781448100804
ISBN-13 : 1448100801
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Cloud Busting by : Malorie Blackman

Davey is the new boy in class and Sam can't stand him. He thinks Davey is a Grade A moron. But when the two are thrown together Sam discovers that Davey's eccentric way of looking at the world makes life a lot more fun. Until the day something terrible happens... A funny and sad story, told completely in verse.

Dead Gorgeous

Dead Gorgeous
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 33
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781407049977
ISBN-13 : 1407049976
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Dead Gorgeous by : Malorie Blackman

When the mysterious stranger shows up at Nova's parents' hotel, she thinks her luck has changed - until she realizes she's the only one who can see him. Liam explains he's been here a long time. And he can never leave, no matter how hard he tries. Soon, Nova begins to piece his tragic story together. But she's hiding a secret of her own - one she's desperate to keep from her family. And now Liam's found her out . . .

The Whispering Skull

The Whispering Skull
Author :
Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 499
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780552568050
ISBN-13 : 0552568058
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis The Whispering Skull by : Jonathan Stroud

"Stroud is a genius' Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series. Ghosts and ghouls beware! London's smallest, shabbiest and most talented psychic detection agency is back. Life is never exactly peaceful for Lockwood & Co. Lucy and George are trying to solve the mystery of the talking skull trapped in their ghost jar, while Lockwood is desperate for an exciting new case. Things seem to be looking up when the team is called to Kensal Green Cemetery to investigate the grave of a sinister Victorian doctor. Strange apparitions have been seen there, and the site must be made safe. As usual, Lockwood is confident; as usual, everything goes wrong a terrible phantom is unleashed, and a dangerous object is stolen from the coffin. Lockwood & Co must recover the relic before its power is unleashed, but it's a race against time. Their obnoxious rivals from the Fittes agency are also on the hunt. And if that's not bad enough, the skull in the ghost-jar is stirring again The author of the blockbuster BARTIMAEUS sequence delivers another humorous and chilling instalment in the critically acclaimed LOCKWOOD & CO. series."

The Pigman

The Pigman
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Publisher : Graymalkin Media
Total Pages : 108
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781935169024
ISBN-13 : 1935169025
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis The Pigman by : Paul Zindel

One of the best-selling young adult books of all time, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Zindel. John Conlan is nicknamed “The Bathroom Bomber” after setting off firecrackers in the boys’ bathroom 23 times without ever getting caught. John and his best friend, Lorraine, can never please their parents, and school is a chore. To pass the time, they play pranks on unsuspecting people and it's during one of these pranks that they meet the “Pigman.” In spite of themselves, John and Lorraine soon get caught up in Mr. Pignati’s zest for life. In fact, they become so involved that they begin to destroy the only corner of the world that has ever mattered to them. Can they stop before it’s too late?'

Hacker

Hacker
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 244
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781446453513
ISBN-13 : 1446453510
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Hacker by : Malorie Blackman

THIS IS THE SYSTEM OPERATOR. WHO IS USING THIS ACCOUNT? PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF... Vicky's life is completely normal. Maybe even a little boring. But all that changes when her dad is accused of stealing a million pounds from the bank where he works. Vicky knows for sure that her dad is innocent, and is determined to prove it. Luckily for him, she is a seasoned computer hacker. Using the skills he taught her, she's going to attempt to break the bank's files. Should be simple, right? But it's a race against time to find the cyber-thief, before they find her . . . 'A page-turner' - Sunday Express 'Accept the expertise and race along with the plot' - Observer

Double Cross

Double Cross
Author :
Publisher : Puffin
Total Pages : 464
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0141378670
ISBN-13 : 9780141378671
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Double Cross by : Malorie Blackman

Just this once . . . Please let me get away with it just this once . . . Tobey wants a better life - for him and his girlfriend Callie Rose. He wants nothing to do with the gangs that rule the world he lives in. But when he's offered the chance to earn some money just for making a few 'deliveries', just this once, would it hurt to say 'yes'? One small decision can change everything . . . The fourth novel in Malorie Blackman's powerful Noughts & Crosses sequence.