Keturah and Lord Death

  • Top 10 Women's History Books for Youth-Booklist
  • Best of the Best Books List produced by the Chicago Public Library
  • National Book Award Finalist, Young People's Literature
  • CCBC Choices
  • Books for the Teen Age -NYPL
  • Pennsylvania School Librarians Association YA Top Forty List, Fiction
  • ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award Winner, Bronze, Young Adult Fiction
  • Bulletin Blue Ribbon, Fiction -Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
  • Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, Master List, Young Adult
  • Junior Library Guild selection

Keturah and Lord Death

Publishers Weekly
"A darkly gorgeous medieval fairy tale. ... A fine achievement."

School Library Journal
"A dark, but uplifting story combining elements of fantasy as well as romance. It has a gripping plot, strong characters, and a surprise ending that will intrigue readers."

Booklist
"The romance is intense, the writing is startling, and the story is spellbinding. ... This novel gets so many things just right. ... Readers will be carried away on the wind of Leavitt's words, and few will be able to guess how she finally ends her story."

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Lord Death, mysterious and gorgeous, and Keturah, brilliant and beautiful, will be irresistible to romance fans as well as those who like a bit of passion woven into their fantasy."


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