<Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 396 (first edition, paperback) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Messenger is a 2002 Novel by Markus Zusak, and winner of the 2003 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award . The Messenger was released in the United States under the name I Am the Messenger . The entire story is written through the eyes of the main character, Ed Kennedy, who describes and comments on the story throughout the book . </P> <P> During a visit to the bank, the protagonist Ed Kennedy, a nineteen - year - old Australian taxi driver, accidentally foils a robbery when the robber tries to escape in his friend's run - down car . After speaking to the police, he is interviewed by local media and proclaimed a hero . Ed complains about his life, lamenting his strained relationship with his mother Bev Kennedy, as his father died recently and left Ed with only his dog, the Doorman . He lives alone in an apartment, playing cards every week with his friends: Ritchie, who is unemployed and generally apathetic about life; Marv, a stingy carpenter; and Audrey, a fellow taxi driver who Ed is in love with, although she does not return the feeling . </P> <P> One night he receives a small envelope in the mail with no return label, inside of which is an Ace of Diamonds with three addresses and times of day written on them . After his friends deny any involvement, Ed travels to the first address on the card at midnight and witnesses a man raping his wife while their daughter cries on the porch . The other addresses correspond to a senile widow named Milla who lives alone and refers to him as Jimmy, as well as a young girl named Sophie who runs barefoot every morning but still cannot win at her track meets . Ed researches Milla's history and discovers that she is waiting for her husband who died sixty years ago during World War II, so he pretends to be Jimmy and comes to reads to her weekly . He raises Sophie's spirits by giving her an empty shoe box to get her to try running barefoot at her next competition, and even though she loses again, she still finds pride in her achievement . Finally, he receives a gun in the mail and kidnaps the rapist before threatening to kill him for his crimes . </P>

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