Keturah and Lord Death
core novel 2006 Keturah and Lord Death
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.90 (15,873 ratings, collected 2026-10-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780889953703 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old Keturah Reeve lives with her grandmother in a cottage near the forest owned by Lord Temsland and is renowned in her village for her captivating stories. Lost in the forest, she meets a dark figure on horseback who is Lord Death, and to save her life she begs him not to take her and captivates him with a tale. Her escalating bargains with him, for her own life and for the villagers threatened by an outbreak of plague, let her protect her friends and reveal to them their true talents and destinies; but even as she negotiates with Death she grows more isolated from the people she is protecting, and seems less and less likely to achieve the dreams of her own heart.
Where it sits
- Universe: Keturah and Lord Death
- Series: Keturah and Lord Death core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Martine Leavitt
Awards (verified)
- National Book Award (Young People's Literature), 2006: finalist
- Mythopoeic Award (Children's Literature), 2007: finalist
Notes
- From the series record (Keturah and Lord Death): Martine Leavitt's standalone.
Sources
- 49th Shelf: Keturah and Lord Death (Red Deer Press, publisher description and reviews)
- TeachingBooks: Keturah and Lord Death (CCBC description)
- Mythopoeic Society (final ballots)
- Fitzhenry & Whiteside: Keturah and Lord Death (2006 National Book Award nominee)
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