![]() The quiet, gentle woman seems almost too good to be true. The children do exhibit genuine caring for Netta, but their personalities never come fully to life. Further, Hadley, who has been having nightmares about Hogback Hill, decides to pay her initial visit there on Halloween. As the person who caused Netta's crippling accident, he feels guilt and shame, but the lengths to which he has gone to keep her hidden strain credibility. The most serious is that a woman who has not seen a human other than her brother for over half a century simply climbs down from her hill and takes up where she left off. The children befriend her, and with their support she is able to return to the village to make a life for herself. There they meet Netta, Angus's reclusive humpbacked sister, who has lived there alone for 57 years. In spite of his horrifying tales, the children decide to see for themselves who or what lives in the house. Their imaginations are fanned by gruff old Angus Tull, who tells stories about a hag on Hogback Hill who turns people into cat monsters. Grade 4-6-Hadley and her friend Josh are consumed with curiosity over a mysterious light on the hill nearby. ![]()
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