Keturah & Lord Death is the tale of a young lady who gets lost in the woods for several days and meets Lord Death. Instead of taking Keturah the story teller to her inevitable conclusion, the handsom Lord Death falls in love with the charming girl and gives her a reprieve in exchange for a story. Lord Death allows Keturah to survive one more day in order to find her one true love and if she does she will survive her brush with Death. With the help of her friends and the magic of a local witch, Keturah scours the town in search of her one true love.
The story is in the form of a legend or fairy tale, but it deals with issues of love, death and friendship so it is appropriately classed as a young adult story. Martine Leavitt writes a complelling tale that questions what true love is and how frightenly attrachive death can appear The story may be more attractive to girls than it is to boys, but it is well written, dramatic and it has you guessing how it will end up to the last page.
Leavitt, Martine (2006). Keturah & Lord Death. Calgary: Red Deer Press.
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