I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

The Story:  Ed Kennedy's life isn't going anywhere.  He's 19, an underage taxi driver, and is hopelessly in love with his best friend Audrey.  One day though, his life turns around when he stops a bank robbery from happening.  From taxi driver, he turns into a town hero.  That's when the cards start arriving.  Aces, to be exact.  Someone is sending Ed Kennedy playing cards with addresses on them.  It's up to Ed to figure out the problem and how to solve it.  Some will involve happiness, others death.  It's up to Ed to help these people or else his own life will be threatened.

Chloe's Critique:  This is one of those books that you don't mind re-reading over and over again.  Highly imaginative and humorous, you won't be able to put it down!  Ed and his gang of friends, his smelly dog, the Doorman, and his potty-mouthed mother, star as the... interesting main characters.  No one else gets the messages besides Ed.  It transforms a regular nobody like Ed, into a hero.  The point is, if Ed can help make people's lives better, than anyone can do it to.  Like in the last sentence of the book, Ed says that he's not the messenger, "I'm the message.". 


Chloe's Rating: 5/5 stars