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Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story [Paperback]

M Hahn (Author)
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Publication Date: Nov 1 1987 | Series: Avon Camelot Books
Beware of Helen...

Heather is such a whiny little brat. Always getting Michael and me into trouble. But since our mother married her father, we're stuck with her...our "poor stepsister" who lost her real mother in a mysterious fire.

But now something terrible has happened. Heather has found a new friend, out in the graveyard behind our home -- a girl named Helen who died with her family in a mysterious fire over a hundred years ago. Now her ghost returns to lure children into the pond...to drown! I don't want to believe in ghosts, but I've followed Heather into the graveyard and watch her talk to Helen. And I'm terrified. Not for myself, but for Heather...

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From School Library Journal

Grade 4-7 Ghost story fans have a spooky treat in store with Hahn's eerie new novel. Molly, the 12-year-old narrator, and her brother Michael dislike their bratty 5-year-old stepsister Heather and resent the family move to an isolated converted church in the country. The adjourning graveyard frightens Molly, but Heather seems drawn to it. Molly discovers that the ghost of a child (Helen) who died in a fire a century ago wants to lure Heather to her doom. Molly determines to save her stepsister. In so doing, she learns that Heather's strange behavior stems from her feelings of guilt at having accidentally caused her mother's death by playing near a stove and starting a fire. Eventually, Molly wrests Heather from Helen's arms as the ghost attempts to drown them. The girls discover the skeletons of Helen's parents, and their burial finally puts to rest Helen's spirit. This is a powerful, convincing, and frightening tale. The details of everyday life quickly give way to terror. The pace never slackens. Characterization is strong, and descriptive passages set a mood of suspense. There should be a heavy demand from readers who are not "faint at heart." Judy Greenfield, Rye Free Reading Room, N.Y.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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"A powerful, convincing, and frightening tale...Ghost-story fans have a spooky treat in store." -- -- School Library Journal Starred Review
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4.9 out of 5 stars
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3.0 out of 5 stars decent, but could be a bit tighter July 19 2004
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This had some suspenseful parts, but over all, it wasn't
as scary as I had hoped. The idea behind it was good, but
I feel the the stepfather Dave was a bit too 1 dimensional
and obtuse among other things. Also, some bits were a little confusing with all the running back and forth between the lake, Harper House, etc.

I would recommend Betty Ren Wright's Dollhouse Murders
over WTHC. It's a lot more suspenseful and worth rereading,
unlike this.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing July 4 2004
By Megan
Format:Paperback
This is an amazingly well-crafted ghost story. Spooky without ever being really scary, it is a good read for anyone of any age.

Molly's mother has remarried, and the new family (including Molly's brother Michael and new step-sister, Heather) moves out to the countryside so that the parents can have studio space. Heather, however, is a horrible little brat that tries to make Molly and Michael's a nightmare. Since she is younger than Molly or Michael, and still hasn't gotten over her mother's death, Molly and Michael always get blamed. Even when Heather starts claiming that she can see a ghost named Helen, who is coming to get Molly...

I have a very low fear tolerance, especially as a child, and still can't watch horror movies (Christine scared the living daylights out of me as a teenage, and I couldn't sleep for days), but I still love this book. I re-read it every year on Halloween for years, and I still enjoy reading it. Any child, teenager, or adult who likes ghost stories should definately pick this one up.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wait Till Helen Comes May 25 2004
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
Wait Till Helen Comes is my favorite book. It has to do with three kids named Molly, Micheal, Heather who just moved into an old church and formed it in to a house. Behind the house is a cementary where Heather finds a stone with her intials on it. She then meets Helen a beloved friend who only gives and brings her danger. Molly and Micheal try to help Heather but she is si wrapped up into Helen that she refuses and wants to be with Helen. Heather adn Helen are related in a way because both of their moms died in a fire. Helen makes heather do bad stuff and make her self look like she didn't do it. Helen tells Heather that she wants her to go away with her because she actually loved her but really she only wants Heather to die and be with her in the after world. She tells her to walk inot the lake and that soon they will be together. Molly comes just int time to save Heather and help Helen reunite with her parents and be happy. Helen leaves with her parents and Molly and Heather and Micheal go home and live happly ever after.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Wait till Helen Comes
This book is a very good book and i really recommend it.I like the part when "Helen" comes into Heather's room and messes it up because Heather keeps following Molly to the... Read more
Published on April 30 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars I can't say enough about it!
I first read this book about 15 years ago. I've probably read it at least 50 times. It wasn't a book - it was an experience. Read more
Published on Mar 30 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars wait till helen comes
Do you like ghost stories, adventure and weird things? Then you would like Wait Till Helen Comes written by Mary Downing Hahn. Read more
Published on Mar 3 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Wait Till Helen Comes
When I first read this book it hypnotised me.Here is my review
Molly and Micheal's mother is devorced and there mom married a man named Dave who has a daughter named Heather... Read more
Published on Feb 13 2004
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Book Title: wait til Helen comes
Author: Mary Downing Hahn
Number of pages: 184
Publisher and publication date: Houghton Mifflin company 1986
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Published on Nov 7 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars TO GOOD TO PUT DOWN
I've read this book about 8 times. And it just keeps getting better. I got the book and it's so good and I've read it so much it's came apart. If you haven't read it, Read it!! Read more
Published on July 9 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars childhood memory
I can remember this book being my favorite book growing up. I enjoyed every minute of this story. I have always been a big reader. Read more
Published on July 1 2003 by Kerri Nelson
5.0 out of 5 stars I never pictured Heather having a mullet...
I first read this book when I was 10 and in the 5th grade.

Ok so I lied, I didn't read it, my teacher read it to me.

But I still liked it. Read more

Published on Mar 6 2003 by Scott
5.0 out of 5 stars So good I couldn't stop reading!!
This is a great story about a family that moves next to a graveyard. Molly and Michael have a stepsister named Heather who is a whiny little brat and always gets her way. Read more
Published on Feb 7 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars So good I couldn't stop reading!!
This is a great story about a family that moves next to a graveyard. Molly and Michael have a stepsister named Heather who is a whiny little brat and always gets her way. Read more
Published on Feb 7 2003
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