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OverviewDON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF AND AN UNFORGETTABLE AND SWEEPING FAMILY SAGA. 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 BOOK FIVE 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 remains: Who's behind Ed's mission? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Markus ZusakPublisher: Alfred A. Knopf Imprint: Alfred A. Knopf Edition: 1st. Knopf trade pbk. ed Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780375836671ISBN 10: 0375836675 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 09 May 2006 Recommended Age: From 12 years Audience: Young adult , Teenage / Young adult Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe Book Thief is unsettling and unsentimental, yet ultimately poetic. Its grimness and tragedy run through the reader' s mind like a black-and-white movie, bereft of the colors of life. Zusak may not have lived under Nazi domination, but The Book Thief deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel' s Night. It seems poised to become a classic. - USA Today <br> Zusak doesn' t sugarcoat anything, but he makes his ostensibly gloomy subject bearable the same way Kurt Vonnegut did in Slaughterhouse-Five : with grim, darkly consoling humor. <br>- Time Magazine <br> Elegant, philosophical and moving...Beautiful and important. <br>- Kirkus Reviews, Starred<br> An extraordinary narrative. <br>- School Library Journal, Starred<br> Exquisitely written and memorably populated, Zusak's poignant tribute to words, survival, and their curiously inevitable entwinement is a tour <br>de force to be not just read but inhabited. <br>- The Horn Book Magazine, Starred<br> One of the most highly anticipated young-adult books in years. <br>- The Wall Street Journal <p> From the Hardcover edition. The Book Thief is unsettling and unsentimental, yet ultimately poetic. Its grimness and tragedy run through the reader s mind like a black-and-white movie, bereft of the colors of life. Zusak may not have lived under Nazi domination, but The Book Thief deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel s Night. It seems poised to become a classic. - USA Today Zusak doesn t sugarcoat anything, but he makes his ostensibly gloomy subject bearable the same way Kurt Vonnegut did in Slaughterhouse-Five with grim, darkly consoling humor. - Time Magazine Elegant, philosophical and moving...Beautiful and important. - Kirkus Reviews, Starred An extraordinary narrative. - School Library Journal, Starred Exquisitely written and memorably populated, Zusak's poignant tribute to words, survival, and their curiously inevitable entwinement is a tour de force to be not just read but inhabited. - The Horn Book Magazine, Starred One of the most highly anticipated young-adult books in years. - The Wall Street Journal From the Hardcover edition. The Book Thief is unsettling and unsentimental, yet ultimately poetic. Its grimness and tragedy run through the reader's mind like a black-and-white movie, bereft of the colors of life. Zusak may not have lived under Nazi domination, but The Book Thief deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel's Night. It seems poised to become a classic. - USA Today <br> Zusak doesn't sugarcoat anything, but he makes his ostensibly gloomy subject bearable the same way Kurt Vonnegut did in Slaughterhouse-Five with grim, darkly consoling humor. <br>- Time Magazine <br> Elegant, philosophical and moving...Beautiful and important. <br>- Kirkus Reviews, Starred<br> An extraordinary narrative. <br>- School Library Journal, Starred<br> Exquisitely written and memorably populated, Zusak's poignant tribute to words, survival, and their curiously inevitable entwinement is a tour <br>de force to be not just read but inhabited. <br>- The Ho Author Information"Markus Zusak is the award-winning author of The Book Thief and I Am the Messenger, both Michael L. Printz Honor Books. An international bestseller, The Book Thief has sold over 4.5 million copies in the U.S. alone and has garnered worldwide critical acclaim. The New York Times called it ""Brilliant and hugely ambitious. . . . It's the kind of book that can be life changing,"" and The Guardian (UK) said, ""Unsettling, thought-provoking, life-affirming, triumphant and tragic, this is a novel of breathtaking scope, masterfully told. It is an important piece of work, but also a wonderful page-turner."" Markus Zusak is the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. He lives with his wife and children in Sydney, Australia." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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