Wait Till Helen Comes
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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?

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184 pages· 37,186 words· Est. 4 hour read· 750L
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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
Themes & topics
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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
Identifiers
ISBN
9780380704422
LCCN
86002648
OCLC
13184173

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