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Author | Martine Leavitt |
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Language | English |
Genre | Young adult, fantasy, romance |
Publisher | Red Deer Press (Canada) Front Street (US) |
Publication date | July 1, 2006 (Canada) November 1, 2006 (US) |
Publication place | Canada United States |
Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) e-Book (Kindle) Audio Book (CD) |
Pages | 192 (Paperback) [1] 216 (Hardcover)[2] |
ISBN | 0-88995-370-8 (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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Development and publication
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influences
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audio book
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e-Book
languages English German
second edition
Critical reception
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Awards and honors
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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] |
Film project
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References
edit- ^ "Keturah and Lord Death [Paperback]". Amazon. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ "Keturah and Lord Death [Hardcover]". Amazon. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ a b c d "Keturah and Lord Death". Front Street. Boyds Mills Press. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ a b c d e "Keturah & Lord Death". Teen Fiction Books. Red Deer Press. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ Graff, Keir (October 11, 2006). "The Other NBA". Booklist Online. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2006". Booklist Online. January 1, 2007. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ "PW's Best Books of the Year". Publishers Weekly. 253 (44). November 6, 2006. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Novelist Martine Leavitt to read at UCFV March 12". Newsroom. University of the Fraser Valley. March 4, 2008. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
- ^ "BOTYA 2006 Winners in Young Adult Fiction (Children's)". Book of the Year Awards-2006 Winners. ForeWord Reviews. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
- ^ a b c d e f http://mormonlit.lib.byu.edu/lit_work.php?w_id=26439
- ^ "Snow Willow Nominees". The Willow Awards. SYRCA. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ "Shortlist for the 2007 Sunburst Award". The Sunburst Award Society. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
- ^ Karen Bennett. "Other Awards and Nominations for Sunburst Shortlisted and "Recommended Reading" books". The Sunburst Award Society. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
- ^ Gillian Engberg (September 15, 2007). "Top 10 Youth Romances". Booklist. 104 (2): 75.
- ^ Jennifer Mattson (May 15, 2007). "Top 10 Fantasy for Youth". Booklist. 103 (18): 56.
- ^ Jennifer Mattson (May 15, 2007). "Top 10 SF/Fantasy for Youth: 2007". Booklist Online. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ Ilene Cooper (February 15, 2007). "Top 10 Women's History Books for Youth". Booklist. 103 (12): 88.
- ^ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Media, 2007". Booklist Online. January 1, 2008. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ "Our Choice: Annual, 2007". The Canadian Children's Book Centre. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2007-2008 Read Aloud List" (DOC). Read Aloud Books. Indiana Library Federation. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Books for the Teen Age" (PDF). New York Public Library. 2007. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "DCF Lists: Previous Years". Vermont Department of Libraries. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Fiction for Young Adults". CCBC Choices. Cooperative Children’s Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin–Madison: 102. 2007. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
- ^ http://www.namelos.com/title_detail.php?TitleID=28
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20100308003705/http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/pdf/fiction07.pdf
- ^ "White Pine Award Program, 2002-2011: Winners and Nominated Titles" (PDF). Forest of Reading®, Ontario Library Association. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards Program: Master List for 2008-2009" (PDF). Pennsylvania School Librarians Association. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Manitoba+report%3A+Collene+Ferguson,+regional+officer.-a0197599298
- ^ "Spotlight on Teen Reading". Off the Shelf. 46 (1). Georgia Library Association. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Tayshas Reading List 2008-2009" (PDF). Texas Library Association. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
- ^ "YARP: Young Adult Reading Program: Archives". South Dakota State Library. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ Listing in Minuteman Library Network
- ^ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/keturah-and-lord-death-martine-leavitt/1102856343
- ^ http://ablsurpass.mccsc.edu/Surpass/WebSafari.exe/detail?sid=1783E937-1FA9-46FD-A372-1077D016BC28&database=SOU&list=S&rec=5&marc=18513