num_pages: 216
description: Martine Leavitt offers a spellbinding story, interweaving elements of classic fantasy and high romance in this National Book Award Finalist. Keturah follows a legendary hart into the king's forest, where she becomes hopelessly lost. Her strength diminishes until, finally, she realizes that death is near. Little does she know that he is a young, handsome lord, melancholy and stern. Renowned for her storytelling, Keturah is able to charm Lord Death with a story and thereby gain a reprieve but only for twenty-four hours. She must find her one true love within that time or all is lost. Keturah searches desperately while the village prepares for an unexpected visit from the king, and Keturah is thrust into a prominent role as mysterious happenings alarm her friends and neighbors. Lord Death's presence hovers over this all until Keturah confronts him one last time in the harrowing climax.
language: English
title: Keturah and Lord Death
titlecomplete: Keturah and Lord Death
genres: Historical, Young Adult, Teen, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Fairy Tales, Retellings, Young Adult Fantasy, Fantasy, Romance
ratings_count: 15249
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Sunburst Award
category: Canadian Novel, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: White Pine Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Young People's Literature
publisher: Boyds Mills Press