The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER – A wildly original, fantastical adventure of love and heartbreak–and an animated movie, Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart–that takes us from Edinburgh to Paris to Andalusia to tell the story of a boy who discovers the great joys and ultimately the greater costs, of owning a fully formed heart.

Edinburgh, 1874. Born with a frozen heart, Jack is near death when his mother abandons him to the care of Dr. Madeleine–witch doctor, midwife, protector of orphans–who saves Jack by placing a cuckoo clock in his chest. And it is in her orphanage that Jack grows up among tear-filled flasks, eggs containing memories, and a man with a musical spine.

As Jack gets older, Dr. Madeleine warns him that his heart is too fragile for strong emotions: he must never, ever fall in love. And, of course, this is exactly what he does: on his tenth birthday and with head-over-heels abandon. The object of his ardor is Miss Acacia–a bespectacled young street performer with a soul-stirring voice. But now Jack’s life is doubly at risk–his heart is in danger and so is his safety after he injures the school bully in a fight for the affections of the beautiful singer.

Author: Mathias Malzieu
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/29/2011
Series: Vintage Contemporaries
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.31w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9780307472137
Language: English