There are kids who go up to a house in the mountain that is supposed to be haunted or something on halloween and there is a bowl of candy outside the door. So they go to the store to try and figure out who bought that kind of candy... they end up befriending the old man who lives in the house who became a hermit after his wife died in a car accident. I read this probably 10-12 years ago.
Hadley's friend Josh is new in town and curious to know what is behind the terrible songs the kids sing. According to the creepy stories, an old hunchback lives on the hill with hundreds of black cats, and if you go up there, she'll turn you into a cat! Hadley can see the light on the hill from her bedroom window and the stories often give her nightmares.But one dark Hallo Hadley's friend Josh is new in town and curious to know what is behind the terrible songs the kids sing. According to the creepy stories, an old hunchback lives on the hill with hundreds of black cats, and if you go up there, she'll turn you into a cat! Hadley can see the light on the hill from her bedroom window and the stories often give her nightmares.But one dark Halloween night Josh talks Hadley into making one terrifying trip up Hogback Hill to solve the mystery. And what they discover is a very old secret that someone wants to make sure is kept. ...more