Cameron is thirteen years old and in need of a heart transplant.  Unfortunately, a donor cannot be found until a surgeon approaches Cam with a proposal.  He has pioneered a radical new approach; he can give Cameron a new heart... from a pig.  

Cameron is fed up with always missing out, always watching life pass him by without taking part and so he decides to become the world's first pih-heart boy.  The story tells us about how Cameron's friends, family and the wider public reacted to his unusual operation.