Keturah gets lost in the woods one dark night and is discovered by young, handsome Lord Death. He is ready to take her life, but after she charms him with a love story he gives her a reprieve: She'll become his bride unless she can find her one true love within twenty-four hours. With the help of her friends, an old witch, and a magic eyeball, Keturah searches her village for the one thing that can save her-a love greater than death.
· Premier Selection, Fall 2006 (Junior Library Guild)
· 100 Best Books of the Year, Children's Fiction (Publishers Weekly)
· Editor's Choice (Booklist)
· Review Editor's Choice 2006 (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA))
· Book of the Year Awards, YA Fiction, Bronze Winner (ForeWord Magazine)
· Top Ten Fantasy for Youth (Booklist)
· Books for the Teen Age (New York Public Library)
· Best of the Best (Chicago Public Library)
· Dorothy Canfield Fisher 2007-2008 Master List (Vermont Department of Libraries)
· Top 10 Women's History Books for Youth (Booklist)
· YA Top Forty, Fiction (Pennsylvania School Librarians Assocation)
· Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices 2007 (School of Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Nominations· National Book Award, Young People's Literature, 2006 (finalist) (United States)