num_pages: 357
description: DON’T MISS  BRIDGE OF CLAY , MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE  THE BOOK THIEF . From the author of the extraordinary #1  New York Times  bestseller  The Book Thief , I Am the Messenger is an acclaimed novel filled with laughter, fists, and love.  A MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOKFIVE STARRED REVIEWS 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 Who's behind Ed's mission?
language: English
title: I Am the Messenger
titlecomplete: I Am the Messenger
characters: Ed Kennedy, Marvin Harris, Milla Johnson, Audrey, Ritchie Sánchez
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Mystery, Australia, Teen, Young Adult, Adult, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 157808
places: Australia
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: New South Wales Premier's Literary Award
category: Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Children's Book Council of Australia Award
category: Book of the Year: Older Readers, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Michael L. Printz Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Preis der Jugendjury, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Goldener Lufti, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser
category: Jugendbuch, awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers