I Am the Messenger
by Markus Zusak
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Author: Markus ZusakEdition: Paperback
Published: 2006-05-09
ISBN: 0375836675
Number of pages: 368
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Book Review: Courtesy of Mother Daughter Book Club.com
Summary: 4 Stars
Ed Kennedy is only nineteen years old, but already he feels his life is going nowhere. He drives a cab, shares a run-down apartment with his coffee-drinking dog, the Doorman, and his social life consists of playing cards with friends who are on the same track he is. He's also in love with his best friend, Audrey, but he can't tell her, so he watches as she dates other men who are bad for her.
Then Ed happens to foil a bank robbery, and someone takes notice. His life begins to change when the ace of diamonds arrives in his mailbox along with a cryptic message. As Ed work his ways through a series of cards and tasks that continue to arrive on his doorstep, he's taken deeper into the mystery of who is sending the cards and why. Zusak's straight-forward storytelling takes the reader right into the gritty realities of Ed's life and the lives of the people he comes into contact with through the playing cards. Along the way he ponders not just what he wants to do with his life, but more importantly, what kind of person he wants to be.
This wholly original book will fascinate you to the end.
Summary of I Am the Messenger
Meet Ed Kennedy—underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he’s hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That’s when the first Ace arrives. That’s when Ed becomes the messenger. . . .Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary), until only one question remains: Who’s behind Ed’s mission?
Winner of the 2003 Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Award in Australia, I Am the Messenger is a cryptic journey filled with laughter, fists, and love.
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