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Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 1986 · Est. 4 hour read
Wait Till Helen Comes
Written by Mary Downing Hahn
A ghostly friend lures children to a watery fate. Can Heather be saved?
4.1/5 Goodreads · 26,606 ratings
184 pages· 37,186 words· Est. 4 hour read
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Bookroo's summary
Heather's new friend, Helen, is a ghost from a tragic past, haunting the graveyard and luring children to drown. As Heather's stepsibling, you're drawn into a chilling mystery. Can you protect Heather from the spectral danger lurking in the shadows, or will the past repeat itself? The stakes are life and death, and the truth is more terrifying than you can imagine.
From the publisher
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…
At a glance
- Format
- Pages
- 184
- Words
- 37,186
- Reading age
- 9–12
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Lexile
- 750L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 4.6
- F&P level
- ~R
- AR points
- 5
- AR interest level
- MG
- AR quiz
- 596
Publication
- Published
- November 2, 1987
- First published
- January 1, 1986
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
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