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| Genre/Form: | Jugendbuch Fiction Juvenile fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction, Secondary (senior high) school, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Markus Zusak |
| ISBN: | 0375836675 9780375836671 0375830995 037593099X 9780375830990 9780375930997 |
| OCLC Number: | 68711615 |
| Notes: | "A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. Originally published: The messenger. Australia : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2002. |
| Awards: | Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book, 2006. |
| Description: | 357 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Part one: The first message: The holdup -- Sex should be like math: an introduction to my life -- The ace of diamonds -- The judge and the mirror -- Watching, waiting, raping -- Pieces -- Harrison avenue -- Being Jimmy -- The barefoot girl -- The shoebox -- Another stupid human -- Edgar street revisited -- Murder at the cathedral -- Part two: The stones of home: aftermath -- The visit -- The envelope -- Just Ed -- Cabs, the hooker, and Alice -- The stones -- The priest -- Juveniles -- The cops show up -- The easy one and ice cream -- The color of her lips -- Blood and roses -- The face of clubs -- Part three: Trying times for Ed Kennedy: The game -- Twenty dollars for the dog and the card -- Dig -- The benefits of lying -- The power and the glory -- A moment of beauty -- A moment of truth -- Clown Street. Chips. The Doorman. and me -- The woman -- Front-porch cyclone -- A phone call -- The Bell Street theater -- The last reel Part four: The music of hearts: The music of hearts -- The kiss, the grave, the fire -- The casual suit -- To feel the fear -- Ritchie's sin -- God bless the man with the beard, the missing teeth, and the poverty -- The secret Marv -- Each to each -- The swings -- Audrey, part one: three nights to wait -- Marv's after thought -- Audrey, part two: three minutes to take -- The end -- Part five: The Joker: The laughter -- The weeks -- The end is not the end -- The folder -- The message |
| Other Titles: | Messenger |
| Responsibility: | Markus Zusak. |
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Abstract:
After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.
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