The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu

FIRSTLY: dont touch the hands of your cuckoo-clock heart. SECONDLY: master your anger. THIRDLY: never, ever fall in love. For if you do, the hour hand will poke through your skin, your bones will shatter, and your heart will break once more.

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 Jacks 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.

Now begins a journey of escape and pursuit, from Edinburgh to Paris to Miss Acacias home in Andalusia. Mathias Malzieus The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart is a fantastical, wildly inventive tale of love and heartbreak—by turns poignant and funny—in which Jack finally learns the great joys, and ultimately the greater costs, of owning a fully formed heart.

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[winii4eva]

it's probably the sweetest, truest book i´ve ever read...i looove it

[Beatles4eva3]

aw i LOVED this book, its such a sweet book! i swear i fought back tears when i finished it!

[ucandoitifyouwantit]

@LuKaS2oo9 I feel your pain my friend.. This book is one of my favourite books (along with Wuthering Heights) and I read it every time I get bored, it makes me feel sad, yes, but still.. :)

[LuKaS2oo9]

@ucandoitifyouwantit thats exactly how i felt about Miss Acacia, i thought they would come back and be happy ever after ahahaha ive just finished the book in Spanish, and i feel sad...

[XxXGAMERXx1]

I watched this during french class today

[spnmemories]

o k then....

[greendancindevil]

I can't help but keep clicking on the repeat button, its too beautiful.

[ucandoitifyouwantit]

I hate Miss Acacia for just leaving him like that at the end! I cried for Jack, my heart "cuckooed" along with his...

[hermosa1534]

En el video a quienes representan?

[kaycie92]

FFF i thought this was a movie!

ive been searching for a french stop motion film that doesnt exist! >x(

[chocosynthesis]

do you know any book like this? please suggest me something!

[HELLGIRLMEL]

i love the song and the book would love it on my ipod but cant find it on itunes