A Skinful of Shadows is a dark YA historical fantasy set in the early
part of the English Civil War. Kate is an illegitimate daughter of the
aristocratic Fellmotte family, and as such, she shares their unique
hereditary gift: the capacity to be possessed by ghosts. Reluctant to
accept her appointed destiny as vessel for a coterie of her ancestors,
she escapes. As she flees the pursuing Fellmottes across war-torn
England, she accumulates a motley crew of her own allies, including
outcasts, misfits, criminals, and one extremely angry dead bear.
From Costa Book of the Year winner Frances Hardinge comes a new dark
historical fantasy that's sure to satisfy her leagues of fans who are
eager for more.