I Am The Messenger

I Am The Messenger

Synopsis

protect the diamondssurvive the clubsdig deep through the spadesfeel the hearts Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of a future. He's pathetic at playing cards, hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey, and utterly devoted to his coffee-drinking dog, the Doorman. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the first ace arrives in the mail. 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?A 2005 Michael L. Printz Honor Book and recipient of five starred reviews, I Am the Messenger is a cryptic journey filled with laughter, fists, and love.

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• not a children's book

  Reviewed by Marianne V. | see all reviews by Marianne V.

  02/08/2011

  The Messenger is Markus Zusaks 4th novel. The story revolves around Ed Kennedy, an under-age taxi driver in a small town somewhere in rural Australia. Eds life seems pretty ordinary: he lives in a suburban shack, shares coffee with his smelly dog, The Doorman, and plays cards with friends Marv, Ritchie and Audrey (with whom hes in love). Things start to change when he inadvertently stops a bank robbery: the first ace, the ace of diamonds turns up in his letterbox, and it appears he has been chosen to affect the lives of certain others. But who is sending the aces? Who has chosen him to be the messenger?
  Zusak captures the feel of small town Australia very well, probably from his own experience. The story is a bit slow-moving in parts (just like small-town life). Zusak gives us characters to like, love and hate, dialogue that is authentic, some humour and an intriguing plot. Without giving anything away, some readers may be disappointed in the ending, but the last few pages bear rereading and contemplation. At first I felt a bit cheated, like I did after reading Ian McEwans Atonement, but I found it easier to read than that novel and, on reflection, I liked the ending. It is certainly not a childrens book, even though it was the winner of the 2003 Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award!
  
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