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The Light on Hogback Hill


School year: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8

No. of pages 128

Published: 2008

Great for age 7-13 years

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On Halloween night, Hadley and her new friend Josh journey to the top of Hogback Hill to solve a mystery that has haunted their town for years, but instead they discover an old woman with a tragic past.When the new kid in town, Josh, wonders what is behind the terrible songs that the kids in school sing, Hadley tells him of the creepy stories about the old hunchback that lives on the hill with a hundred black cats. The legend is that if you go up there and disturb her, shell turn you into a cat. Hadley can see the light on the hill from her bedroom window, but she wouldnt dare tell her friends that the stories often give her nightmares ?But when Halloween night comes around, Josh talks Hadley into taking the terrifying journey up Hogback Hill to solve the mystery. While they search for the truth behind the haunting stories, Josh and Hadley discover a very old secret that someone wants to make sure is kept.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children at US 3rd grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published in 2008 by Simon & Schuster .

Cynthia DeFelice is a successful children's author who lives in New York. This book was inspired by her grandfather who was apprenticed to a rural doctor at the age of twelve, and went on to become a respected surgeon.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Black-Eyed Susan Award - Grades 4-6
This book was recognised in the Grades 4-6 category by the Black-Eyed Susan Award.

California Young Reader Medal - Intermediate
This book was recognised in the Intermediate category by the California Young Reader Medal.

"A good mystery yarn"--"Booklist"DeFelice knows the hold an old house, a mysterious stanger and a story will have on kids."--"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books