num_pages: 338
description: A genre-defying new novel inspired by Mary Shelleys masterpiece Frankenstein which brilliantly explores the eerie mysteries of childhood and the evils perpetrated by the monsters among us.1978: at her renowned treatment center in picturesque Vermont the brilliant psychiatrist Dr. Helen Hildreth is acclaimed for her compassionate work with the mentally ill. But when she's home with her cherished grandchildren Vi and Eric shes just Granteaching them how to take care of their pets preparing them home-cooked meals providing them with care and attention and love.Then one day Gran brings home a child to stay with the family. Irissilent hollow-eyed skittish and feraldoes not behave like a normal girl.Still Violet is thrilled to have a new playmate. She and Eric invite Iris to join their Monster Club where they catalogue all kinds of monsters and dream up ways to defeat them. Before long Iris begins to come out of her shell. She and Vi and Eric do everything together: ride their bicycles go to the drive-in meet at their clubhouse in secret to hunt monsters. Because as Vi explains monsters are everywhere.2019: Lizzy Shelley the host of the popular podcast Monsters Among Us is traveling to Vermont where a young girl has been abducted and a monster sighting has the town in an uproar. Shes determined to hunt it down because Lizzy knows better than anyone that monsters are realand one of them is her very own sister.The Children on the Hill takes us on a breathless journey to face the primal fears that lurk within us all.
language: English
title: The Children on the Hill
publisher: Gallery/Scout Press