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Wait Till Helen Comes

Mary Downing Hahn (1986)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads4.11
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Death of ChildGriefManipulation

Positive tags

Found FamilySibling BondProtectorCourage

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age Hero

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age Heroine

Tropes

GhostHaunted LocationReluctant HeroFish out of WaterComing of Age

Themes

Blended FamiliesSibling RelationshipsCourageProtecting OthersGrief and LossSupernatural Danger

Synopsis

Molly and Michael dislike their spooky new stepsister Heather but realize that they must try to save her when she seems ready to follow a ghost child to her doom.

Tags

Ghost StorySupernatural SuspenseContemporary FantasyFamily Drama