I Am the Messenger

ISBN-13: 9780375836671 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 384 str.

Markus Zusak

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By the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book Thief, this is a cryptic journey filled with laughter, fists, and love.

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?

This book is a 2005 Michael L. Printz Honor Book and recipient of five starred reviews.

Recenzje

Funny and gripping. The Miami Herald
 
Both serious and funny, touching and exciting. The Salt Lake Tribune
 
Fresh and thought-provoking. The Grand Rapids Press
 
Raucous, poignant, and at times laugh-out-loud funny. BookPage
 
Compulsively readable. Publishers Weekly, Starred
 
Unpretentious, well conceived, and appropriately raw. School Library Journal, Starred
 
Zusak outdoes himself here. The Bulletin, Starred
 
Zusak succeeds brilliantly. Booklist, Starred
 
Funny, engrossing, and suspenseful. KLIATT, Starred

O autorze

Markus Zusak is the award-winning author of The Book Thief and I Am the Messenger, both Michael L. Printz Honor Books. An international bestseller, The Book Thief has sold over 4.5 million copies in the U.S. alone and has garnered worldwide critical acclaim. The New York Times called it "Brilliant and hugely ambitious. . . . It's the kind of book that can be life changing," and The Guardian (UK) said, "Unsettling, thought-provoking, life-affirming, triumphant and tragic, this is a novel of breathtaking scope, masterfully told. It is an important piece of work, but also a wonderful page-turner."

Markus Zusak is the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. He lives with his wife and children in Sydney, Australia.