# The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

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- Authors: [Mathias Malzieu](https://www.bookquiver.com/mathias-malzieu)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2009-11-24
- Genres: Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction, Historical romance, Historical fiction

## Description

Edinburgh, 1874. On the coldest night the world has ever seen, Little Jack is born with a frozen heart and immediately undergoes a life-saving operation. But Dr Madeleine is no conventional medic and surgically implants a cuckoo-clock into his chest. Little Jack grows up different to other children: every day begins with a daily wind-up. At school he is bullied for his 'ticking', but Dr Madeleine reminds him he must resist strong emotion: anger is far too dangerous for his cuckoo-clock heart. So when the beautiful young street-singer, Miss Acacia, appears - pursued by Joe, the school bully - Jack is in danger of more than just falling in love... he is putting his life on the line.

## Editions

### The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0747-213-7
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2011-11-29
- Language: en_US

### The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

- Publisher: Vintage Digital
- Translated by: Sarah Ardizzone
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0907-915-6
- Published: 2009-11-24
- Language: en_GB