Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
A young boy with a mechanical heart must follow strict rules to stay safe, including a rule about not falling in love. When he meets a girl he cares for, his heart begins to malfunction, leading him on a journey to find her. This is a fantasy adventure that explores the costs of following rules versus following your heart.
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A young boy with a mechanical heart must follow strict rules to stay safe, including a rule about not falling in love. When he meets a girl he cares for, his heart begins to malfunction, leading him on a journey to find her. This is a fantasy adventure that explores the costs of following rules versus following your heart.
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What's in it
- Scary
- Some
- Violence
- Some
- Language
- None
- Rude humour
- None
- Sad themes
- Intense
- Pace
- Gentle
- The story is a slow moving period piece with long scenes and a gentle atmosphere. Estimated
Scary moments
- Approx.ScaryA bully attacks Jack and the cuckoo clock mechanism causes an injury to the bully's eye.
- Approx.ScaryJack's heart begins to slow down and he becomes physically weak as he faces a difficult choice.
Talk about it after
- 1Why do you think Jack's heart had so many rules attached to it?
- 2How did Jack's feelings for Acacia change the way he felt about his rules?
- 3What did you think about the choice Jack made at the end of the story?
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