A Skinful of Shadows Award-winning author by Frances Hardinge (author) (UK edition)

A Skinful of Shadows

Suitable for 12 - 15 years

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Product description

Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2017.

‘A Skinful of Shadows confirms Hardinge’s status as one of our finest storytellers. It’s rare to find a book which is every bit as intelligent and stylish as it is riveting – I was enthralled’ – Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent.

Frances Hardinge weaves a dark, otherworldly tale in A Skinful of Shadows, her first book since the Costa Award-winning The Lie Tree.

When a creature dies, its spirit can go looking for somewhere to hide.

Some people have space inside them, perfect for hiding.

Makepeace, a courageous girl with a mysterious past, defends herself nightly from the ghosts which try to possess her. Then a dreadful event causes her to drop her guard for a moment.

And now there’s a ghost inside her.

The spirit is wild, brutish and strong, but it may be her only defence in a time of dark suspicion and fear. As the English Civil War erupts, Makepeace must decide which is worse: possession – or death.

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781509835508

Publisher

Macmillan Children's Books

Date published

May 3rd, 2018

Lexile measure

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 5.9; Middle years plus; 17.0 points

Other details

448 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

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