Knee-Knock Rise / Babbitt, Natalie

From the moment Egan arrives in Instep, he senses the spell cast over the villagers by the Megrimum - the mysterious thing that lurks on the misty peak of Kneeknock Rise. Before long, Egan is climbing the Rise to get a good look at the creature. What he discovers might change things in Instep forever.

Everyone else in the village is afraid of the creature who supposedly dwells at the top of Kneeknock Rise but young Egan investigates for himself.

From the moment young Egan arrives in Instep, he senses the spell cast over the villagers by the Megrimum--the mysterious something that lurks on the mist-wreathed peak of Kneeknock Rise and soon he is climbing the peak for answers.

A young boy named Egan sets out to prove that the strange sounds coming from the top of the Mammoth Mountains near his aunt and uncle's home--which the villagers believe are the cries of a mysterious monster--have a reasonable explanation.

Everyone else in the village is afraid of the creature who supposedly dwells at the top of Kneeknock Rise but young Egan investigates for himself.