I Am the Messenger (Penguin Random House Children's UK)

'You're a dead man...Remember what I'm telling you.' Ed Kennedy is just your average underage taxi driver until he single-handedly manages to catch a bank robber, then receives a playing card in the mail: the Ace of Diamonds. This is the first message. Four more will follow. But before this particular card game can end, Ed will be changed forever. From the author of The Book Thief comes this darkly funny and ultimately uplifting thriller which proves that anyone can be extraordinary.