Book description
Despite his Mum's insistence, Sam doesn't want to be friends with
Davey, he thinks Davey's a first class, grade A, top of the dung heap
moron. But one day Davey saves Sam's life and a bond is formed between
them. Sam is still embarrassed to be seen with Davey, but little by
little he has to admit, when it's just the two of them, Davey is a lot
of fun. But then something terrible happens to Davey. . . Told in verse,
in first person, this is the touching story of an extraordinary
friendship, that changes two boys lives for ever. An uplifting tale that
truly sings out. Malorie Blackman's books have won several awards,
including the Children's Book Award for
Noughts & Crosses
. She has also won the W. H. Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award and the
Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 Award, as well as being shortlisted for the
Carnegie Medal. Pig-Heart Boy
was adapted into a BAFTA-award-winning TV serial. In 2008 Malorie was
honoured with an OBE for her services to Children's Literature.
