Inspired by research she read about experimental procedures to create transplantable human hearts, author Alex Perry has created a courageous story about a boy named Jeremiah and a pig (chimera) name J6.
Jeremiah was born with a heart condition. The walls of his heart were too thick which made its ability to pump blood inefficient. When the story begins, Jeremiah has already had a procedure that implanted a type of pacemaker/defibrillator in his chest. It usually worked quite well, but one day on the soccer field, Jeremiah ignore the warning signs telling him to slow down and take it easy. He ended up in the hospital.
As his condition deteriorated, he had another procedure called an LVAD. There were lots of rules for Jeremiah to follow, but he's just a kid, and rules aren't always easy. His doctor then sent Jeremiah home with a sort of pet. A pig named J6 became like a rescue animal for Jeremiah. The adults knew that this pig was actually special, and that when he had grown a bit more, his heart would become a replacement for Jeremiah's.
At first this pig was annoying, but Jeremiah soon came to realize J6 was more human than he would expect from a pig. Their bound became stronger; eventually becoming so strong that Jeremiah would do anything to protect J6 even after he discovered the pig's true purpose.
PIGHEARTED will grab readers on the first page and hold them tight until the very end. It is the story of how far someone will go to do what they believe is best for someone else. Told in the alternating voices of Jeremiah and J6, readers are in for a treat as they get to know both important characters.
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