Martine Leavitt





Martine Leavitt

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born
January 01, 1953 in Taber, Alberta, Canada

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Martine Leavitt's young adult novels have won many awards and honors in the United States and Canada. Most notable are two Canadian honors: Tom Finder won a Mr. Christie's Book Award, and Heck Superhero was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award.

Martine earned an MFA in writing for children from Vermont College. Though Martine was born in Canada and lives in High River, Alberta, Canada, she is a U.S. citizen.

Martine's first three novels, the Marmawell trilogy, were published under the name, Martine Bates.


Average rating: 3.88 · 4,315 ratings · 899 reviews · 8 distinct works
Keturah and Lord Death
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 3,971 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions
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Heck Superhero
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions
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The Dollmage
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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Tom Finder
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
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My Book of Life by Angel
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“Tell me what it is like to die," I answered.
He dismounted from his horse, looking at me strangely the whole while. "You experience something similar every day," he said softly. "It is as familiar to you as bread and butter."
"Yes," I said. "It is like every night when I fall asleep."
"No. It is like every morning when you wake up.”
Martine Leavitt, Keturah and Lord Death

“If untimely death came only those who deserved that fate, Keturah, where would choice be? No one would do good for its own sake, but only to avoid an early demise. No one would speak out against evil because of his own courageous soul, but only to live another day. The right to choose is man's great gift, but one thing is not his to choose--the time and means of death.”
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“And so he did his endless work,' I continued quietly, 'without feeling, without pity, without rest, for to open his heart to these would be to open his heart to his loneliness and longing and that was beyond bearing.”
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