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Subject(s)

• Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. in children—Great Britain—History—21st century [Browse]
• Heart—Transplantation—Patients—Great Britain—Biography [Browse]
• Johnson, Max 2008-—Health [Browse]
• Organ donors—Great Britain—Biography [Browse]
• Ball, Keira 2008-2017—Death and burial [Browse]
• Organ donors—Family relationships [Browse]
• Donation of organs, tissues, etc—Great Britain—History—21st century [Browse]
• Donation of organs, tissues, etc—Psychological aspects [Browse]

Distributor

• OverDrive, Inc [Browse]

Summary note

"One summer day, nine-year-old Keira Ball was in a terrible car accident and suffered catastrophic brain injuries. As the rest of her body began to shut down, her heart continued to beat. In an act of extraordinary generosity, Keira's parents and siblings immediately agreed that she would have wanted to be an organ donor. Meanwhile nine-year-old Max Johnson had been in a hospital for nearly a year, valiantly fighting the virus that was causing his young heart to fail. When Max's parents received the call they had been hoping for, they knew it came at a terrible cost to another family-in what Clarke calls "the brutal arithmetic of transplant surgery." The act of Keira's heart resuming its rhythm inside Max's body was a medical miracle. But this was only part of the story. While waiting on the transplant list, Max had become the hopeful face of a campaign to change the UK's laws around organ donation. Following his successful surgery, Keira's mother saw the little boy beaming on the front page of the newspaper and knew it was the same boy whose parents had recently sent her an anonymous letter overflowing with gratitude for her daughter's heart. The two mothers began to exchange messages and eventually decided to meet"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes

Electronic book.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. New York Scribner 2024 Available via World Wide Web.

ISBN

9781668045459 (electronic bk.)

OCLC

1455113390

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