Two For Tuesday: Markus Zusak

So, you may have noticed the title of this post. No, Markus Zusak is not a book, he is an author of a few amazing books. If you are not familiar with his work, shame on you; some of his novels are worldwide famous. When I found out Zusak have a book come out recently, I had to read it because I know how great an author Zusak is. So, I picked up his novel, I Am The Messanger, and it is totally a classic.

The story opens to Ed Kennedy, who you could say is a loser with no purpose in life, in the middle of a bank heist. He's face down on the floor with his three best friends while some guy points a gun around while he waits for the counter girl the pack up his money. But, he didn't expect Ed and his friends to ruin the plan. So, Ed stopped the robber, and is now being threatened by the robber that he caught and turne over to the police.

But, as strange as it may souns, Ed has bigger problems that threats. He gota playing card in the mail, the Ace of Diamonds, with the names of three streets and a time next to it. Ed doesn't know what it means, but eventually he goes to the first address. There, he witnesses something terrible and realizes that he was sent there to stop it. He goes to the other addresses and find people in need of a message or an action to help them. Ed was picked because he cares.

As he gets new orders from strangers and more playing cards, he learns how to help others around him as well has learning to control his own life. He bonds with a priest and an older lady with demensia, he gets beaten up by some thug teenagers, he falls in love with two girls, neither of which he can have, and he finds a way to better his relationahip with his family. But, the missions are getting worse on Ed, and he just hopes that he can make it through them and be done with it.

RED'S ALL STAR REVIEW: 4 out of 5 stars. I love the way Zusak writes, and I love the story. Click here! to buy this book on Amazon!

By now you're probably wondering what the other book is since it is a Two For Tuesday, right? Well, I'm going to let you decide. The books I would reccomend by Markus Zusak are the Wolfe brothers trilogy: Getting the Girl,  Underdogs and Fighting Ruben Wolfe, and my personal favorite, and the most well known, The Book Thief. These are all great books, but I do insist that everyone read The Book Thief at some point this summer.