01914cam a2200349u  450000100100000000300070001000500170001700700030003400800410003701000150007802000150009302000270010802400180013504000280015305000230018108200140020410000190021824000140023724500390025125000210029026000370031130000210034850000870036952009090045652100180136565000350138365000300141865000390144865000260148765000210151365000300153454501483 OCoLC 20190501225039.0ta000331r20052002nyu    d      000 1 eng d  a2003027388  a0375830995  a037593099X (lib. bdg.)3 a9780375830990  aDLCcDLCdIG#dOCOdXY400aPZ7.Z837bIae 200500a[Fic]2221 aZusak, Markus.10aMessenger10aI am the messenger cMarkus Zusak.  a1st American ed.  aNew York :bKnopf,c2005, c2002.  a357 p. ;c22 cm.  aOriginally published: Australia : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2002, as The messenger.  aAfter capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.  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.8 a640b Lexile. 0aSelf-esteemvJuvenile fiction. 0aHeroesvJuvenile fiction. 0aTaxicab driversvJuvenile fiction. 1aSelf-esteemvFiction. 1aHeroesvFiction. 1aTaxicab driversvFiction.