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Keturah and Lord Death
Cover of Keturah and Lord Death
AuthorMartine Leavitt
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult, fantasy, romance
PublisherRed Deer Press (Canada)
Front Street (US)
Publication date
July 1, 2006 (Canada)
November 1, 2006 (US)
Publication placeCanada
United States
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback)
e-Book (Kindle)
Audio Book (CD)
Pages192 (Paperback) [1]
216 (Hardcover)[2]
ISBN0-88995-370-8 (Paperback)
ISBN 1-932425-29-2 (Hardcover)

Keturah and Lord Death is a young-adult fantasy-romance novel by author Martine Leavitt.

Synopsis

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Plot

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Main characters

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http://morethanmagicmirrors.wikidot.com/keturah-and-lord-death

Development and publication

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how the book came to be written

influences

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audio book

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e-Book

languages English German

second edition

Critical reception

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http://www.boydsmillspress.com/books/front-street/keturah-and-lord-death

http://www.fitzhenry.ca/detail.aspx?ID=9895

Awards and honors

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Year Award Category Organization Ref
2006 National Book Award, Finalist Young People's Literature National Book Foundation [3][4][5]
Booklist Editor's Choice Youth American Library Association [6]
Best Books of the Year Children's Fiction Publishers Weekly [7]
Best of the Best Fiction for Teens Chicago Public Library [3][8]
Book of the Year Bronze Award, Winner Young Adult Fiction ForeWord Magazine [9]
Review Editor's Choice Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) [10]
Premier Selection Junior Library Guild [10]
2007 Snow Willow Award, Nominated Grades 7-9 Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Awards [4][11]
Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, Shortlist The Sunburst Award Society [12]
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, Finalist Children's Literature Mythopoeic Society [13]
Booklist Top 10 Youth Romances American Library Association [4][14]
Booklist Top 10 Fantasy for Youth American Library Association [15][16]
Booklist Top 10 Women’s History Books for Youth American Library Association [17]
Booklist Editor's Choice Media (audio book) American Library Association [18]
Our Choice - Starred Selection Young Adult Fiction Canadian Children's Book Centre [4][19]
Bulletin Blue Ribbons The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (University of Illinois) [3][20]
Read Aloud Books - Too Good to Miss High School Association of Indiana School Library Educators [21]
Books for the Teen Age New York Public Library [10][22]
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Master List Vermont Department of Libraries [10][23]
CCBC Choices Fiction for Young Adults Cooperative Children's Book Center (University of Wisconsin) [10][24]
YA Top Forty List Fiction Pennsylvania School Librarians Assocation [10][25][26]
2008 White Pine Award, Winner Ontario Library Association [27]
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominated Young Adult Pennsylvania School Librarians Association [28]
Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, Nominated Manitoba School Library Association [4][29]
Georgia Peach Award, Nominated Georgia Library Association [30]
TAYSHAS Reading List Texas Library Association [3][31]
Young Adult Reading Program (YARP), Nominated High School South Dakota Library Association [32]
  • Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books (2006) [33]
  • Starred reviews: Booklist, Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal[34][35]

Film project

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burricus

kickstarter

References

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  1. ^ "Keturah and Lord Death [Paperback]". Amazon. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  2. ^ "Keturah and Lord Death [Hardcover]". Amazon. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  3. ^ a b c d "Keturah and Lord Death". Front Street. Boyds Mills Press. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Keturah & Lord Death". Teen Fiction Books. Red Deer Press. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  5. ^ Graff, Keir (October 11, 2006). "The Other NBA". Booklist Online. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  6. ^ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2006". Booklist Online. January 1, 2007. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  7. ^ "PW's Best Books of the Year". Publishers Weekly. 253 (44). November 6, 2006. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  8. ^ "Novelist Martine Leavitt to read at UCFV March 12". Newsroom. University of the Fraser Valley. March 4, 2008. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  9. ^ "BOTYA 2006 Winners in Young Adult Fiction (Children's)". Book of the Year Awards-2006 Winners. ForeWord Reviews. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  10. ^ a b c d e f http://mormonlit.lib.byu.edu/lit_work.php?w_id=26439
  11. ^ "Snow Willow Nominees". The Willow Awards. SYRCA. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  12. ^ "Shortlist for the 2007 Sunburst Award". The Sunburst Award Society. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  13. ^ Karen Bennett. "Other Awards and Nominations for Sunburst Shortlisted and "Recommended Reading" books". The Sunburst Award Society. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  14. ^ Gillian Engberg (September 15, 2007). "Top 10 Youth Romances". Booklist. 104 (2): 75.
  15. ^ Jennifer Mattson (May 15, 2007). "Top 10 Fantasy for Youth". Booklist. 103 (18): 56.
  16. ^ Jennifer Mattson (May 15, 2007). "Top 10 SF/Fantasy for Youth: 2007". Booklist Online. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  17. ^ Ilene Cooper (February 15, 2007). "Top 10 Women's History Books for Youth". Booklist. 103 (12): 88.
  18. ^ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Media, 2007". Booklist Online. January 1, 2008. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  19. ^ "Our Choice: Annual, 2007". The Canadian Children's Book Centre. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  20. ^ "2007 Blue Ribbons". The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. The Center for Children's Books, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  21. ^ "2007-2008 Read Aloud List" (DOC). Read Aloud Books. Indiana Library Federation. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  22. ^ "Books for the Teen Age" (PDF). New York Public Library. 2007. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  23. ^ "DCF Lists: Previous Years". Vermont Department of Libraries. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  24. ^ "Fiction for Young Adults". CCBC Choices. Cooperative Children’s Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin–Madison: 102. 2007. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
  25. ^ http://www.namelos.com/title_detail.php?TitleID=28
  26. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20100308003705/http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/pdf/fiction07.pdf
  27. ^ "White Pine Award Program, 2002-2011: Winners and Nominated Titles" (PDF). Forest of Reading®, Ontario Library Association. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  28. ^ "Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards Program: Master List for 2008-2009" (PDF). Pennsylvania School Librarians Association. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  29. ^ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Manitoba+report%3A+Collene+Ferguson,+regional+officer.-a0197599298
  30. ^ "Spotlight on Teen Reading". Off the Shelf. 46 (1). Georgia Library Association. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  31. ^ "Tayshas Reading List 2008-2009" (PDF). Texas Library Association. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  32. ^ "YARP: Young Adult Reading Program: Archives". South Dakota State Library. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  33. ^ Listing in Minuteman Library Network
  34. ^ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/keturah-and-lord-death-martine-leavitt/1102856343
  35. ^ http://ablsurpass.mccsc.edu/Surpass/WebSafari.exe/detail?sid=1783E937-1FA9-46FD-A372-1077D016BC28&database=SOU&list=S&rec=5&marc=18513
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Category:2006 novels