Keturah, renowned for her storytelling, follows a legendary hart deep into the forest, where she becomes hopelessly lost. Her strength diminishes until, finally, she realizes that death is near and learns then that death is a young lord, melancholy and stern. She is able to charm Lord Death with a story and gain a reprieve, but he grants her only a day, and within that day she must find true love. A mesmerizing love story, interweaving elements of classic fantasy and high romance.

 

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Boyds Mills Press .

Martine Leavitt's young-adult novels have won many awards and honors in the United States and Canada. My Book of Life by Angel won the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award and was selected as a Booklist Best Book o