BOY WITH THE CUCKOO CLOCK HEART

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.