I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

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Publication Information: New York: Knopf 2005. 368 p.

Reading Level: Teens
Min./Max. Reading Level: 9 - Adult
Lexile: 640

Michael L. Printz Honor Book 2006
USBBY Outstanding International Books 2006
Ethel Turner Prize for Young Adult Literature 2003

BookList, 01-01-2005, p852
School Library Journal, vol 51, issue 2, p144
Publishers Weekly, vol 252, issue 3, p56
Kirkus Reviews, January 1, 2005

After catching a bank robber, Ed Kennedy, a lazy taxicab driver, is the recipient of mysterious playing cards that contain addresses. These addresses represent people who, in one way or another, need Ed's help. In the process of helping many people, Ed begins to believe his life has purprose and what he does actually matters.

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