What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

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.

Whitney, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

The Light on Hogback Hill.

Rosa's suggestion of The Light on Hogback Hill by Cynthia C. DeFelice looks promising.

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! ... 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.

Despite a tie-in to Halloween, an eerie setting and a creepy character or two, there's little suspense or mystery in this flimsy novel. Hadley and Josh, the new sixth grader at Possum Hollow School, goad each other into exploring Hogback Hill, purportedly the home of a hunchbacked old woman who turns trespassers into black cats. The so-called hag turns out to be sweet and timid, the victim first of a tragic accident and then of her ill-tempered brother, who has spent decades stoking her fears of the outside world.

Here is the Amazon Look Inside preview - https://www.amazon.com/Light-Hogback-...

The candy, by the way, is Three Musketeers.

Yes! It is the light on hogback hill! Thank you!!

Good, you're very welcome. Happy reading!