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Keturah And Lord Death

By Martine Leavitt.

Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2006.
ISBN 9780889953703

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Keturah Reeve is a beautiful young woman of sixteen who lives with her grandmother in a cottage near the forest owned by Lord Temsland. Keturah is renowned in the village for her storytelling, and this beautifully woven novel is a response to a request from Keturah's eager audience for yet another of her tales. She tells of her experience being lost in the forest, her eventual meeting with a dark figure on horseback who is Lord Death and her bargaining with him for her life and for the lives of the villagers who are threatened by an onset of the plague.

About the Author

Martine Leavitt is from Calgary, AB

Martine Leavitt is the author of Dragon's Tapestry, Prism Moon, Taker's Key, The Dollmage, Tom Finder, winner of the Mr. Christie award, and Heck Superhero, a finalist for the Governor General's Award of Canada. Her newest book Keturah and Lord Death was a finalist for the National Book Award in the United Stakes. Leavitt has a BA from the University of Calgary and an MFA from Vermont College, and works full time as a copy editor in the corporate sector. The creative project she is most proud of is her seven children and six grandchildren, all of whom have been critically acclaimed.

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Suggested Activities

Write and perform a readers' theatre with a partner based on a favourite scene from Keturah and Lord Death. Be sure to use the language of the middle ages.
Find 5 recipes for pies that would have been made in the middle ages. Create a recipe book. Word process the recipes using a font that would be reminiscent of the time period. Decorate as you wish!
Design a board game using the setting and plot from the story as the basis for the game. You may want to model your game on one of your favourite games.
Create a T-chart. On one side describe the forces of good in the story and on the other side describe the forces of evil.

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