General Information
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 Title:                  I Am the Messenger
 Author:                 Markus Zusak
 Read By:                Marc Aden Gray
 Copyright:              2005
 Audiobook Copyright:    2006
 Genre:                  Juvenile Fiction
 Publisher:              Listening Library
 Abridged:               No

Original Media Information
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 Media:                  CD
 Number:                 7
 Source:                 Library
 Condition:              Good

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 Total Duration:         8:38:39
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Book Description
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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up - Nineteen-year-old cabbie Ed Kennedy has little in life 
to be proud of: his dad died of alcoholism, and he and his mom have 
few prospects for success. He has little to do except share a run-down 
apartment with his faithful yet smelly dog, drive his taxi, and play 
cards and drink with his amiable yet similarly washed-up friends. Then, 
after he stops a bank robbery, Ed begins receiving anonymous messages 
marked in code on playing cards in the mail, and almost immediately 
his life begins to swerve off its beaten-down path. Usually the messages 
instruct him to be at a certain address at a certain time. So with nothing 
to lose, Ed embarks on a series of missions as random as a toss of dice: 
sometimes daredevil, sometimes heartwarmingly safe. He rescues a woman 
from nightly rape by her husband. He brings a congregation to an abandoned 
parish. The ease with which he achieves results vacillates between facile 
and dangerous, and Ed's search for meaning drives him to complete every 
task. But the true driving force behind the novel itself is readers' 
knowledge that behind every turn looms the unknown presence - either 
good or evil - of the person or persons sending the messages. Zusak's 
characters, styling, and conversations are believably unpretentious, 
well conceived, and appropriately raw. Together, these key elements 
fuse into an enigmatically dark, almost film-noir atmosphere where unknowingly 
lost Ed Kennedy stumbles onto a mystery - or series of mysteries - that 
could very well make or break his life. - Hillias J. Martin, New York 
Public Library
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. 
All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


Product Description
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.

