Uplifting: "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zuzak

"My full name's Ed Kennedy, I'm nineteen. I'm an underage cabdriver. I'm typical of many young men you see in this suburban outpost of the city - not a whole lot of prospects or possibility. That aside, I read more books than I should, and I'm decidedly crap at sex and doing my taxes. Nice to meet you."

Ed is a loser. His friends are losers. He drives a cab, lives in a shack, plays cards (badly), and gets drunk. His dog smells. His mother despises him. The girl he loves doesn't love him back. That's his life, until the day he accidently catches a bank robber.

Ed is happy to go back to being a slacker, but life has different plans for him when he receives a playing card in the mail - the Ace of Diamonds, with three addresses and times. This is the first message. More will come. And before this particular card game can end, Ed will be changed forever.

Who is behind this mission? And what do they want . . . ?

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378 pgs
Thriller / Uplifting

[This book has won awards all over the world - Australia / France / Germany / USA]