Ed Kennedy is an ordinary 19 year old boy. One day, he and his friends are at the bank during a robbery. During the robbery, the robber dropped his gun and rushed out of the bank because his ride left, so Ed decided to pick up the gun and go after the guy. Ed saves the bank, and is known as a hero. Ed continues on with his daily life playing card games with his friends when one day, Ed gets a card of ace in the mail with three address. Ed is very confused; who would send him this in the mail? Out of curiosity, Ed goes to the given address on the cards where he finds out that he has to deliver a message to the people at the address. After delivering the three messages, he gets another card in the mail where he goes on a mission to find the messages
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Ed Kennedy is a regular boy who doesn’t know what he is doing with his life. Every day is about the same thing, he goes to work where he drives people around town in his taxi, then he goes home and typically plays a card game called Annoyance with his friends. Ed tells us that, “…I’m an underage cabdriver. I’m typical of the young men you see in the suburban outpost of the city- not a whole lot of prospects or possibility…” (Zusak 6). Ed is telling us that he works at a taxi company underage, and he is just like the other young men in his community. He doesn’t have any plans for the future, and he doesn’t have a lot of choices either. We aren’t told where the story takes place; we are just told that, “The town we all live in is pretty run-of-the-mill. It’s past the outskirts of the city and has good and bad parts.” (Zusak 17). It is safe to assume that it takes place in Australia because the characters have a thick Australian accent throughout the book because of their vocabulary. Ed doesn’t really have any one that he is close to expect his friends. His dad died a few years ago because he was an alcoholic, his mom hates him, and his siblings all moved away to other parts of the
Ed Kennedy is a regular boy who doesn’t know what he is doing with his life. Every day is about the same thing, he goes to work where he drives people around town in his taxi, then he goes home and typically plays a card game called Annoyance with his friends. Ed tells us that, “…I’m an underage cabdriver. I’m typical of the young men you see in the suburban outpost of the city- not a whole lot of prospects or possibility…” (Zusak 6). Ed is telling us that he works at a taxi company underage, and he is just like the other young men in his community. He doesn’t have any plans for the future, and he doesn’t have a lot of choices either. We aren’t told where the story takes place; we are just told that, “The town we all live in is pretty run-of-the-mill. It’s past the outskirts of the city and has good and bad parts.” (Zusak 17). It is safe to assume that it takes place in Australia because the characters have a thick Australian accent throughout the book because of their vocabulary. Ed doesn’t really have any one that he is close to expect his friends. His dad died a few years ago because he was an alcoholic, his mom hates him, and his siblings all moved away to other parts of the