Awards

• Winner of Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 1990
• Winner of Virginia Readers Choice Award (Elementary) 1989
• Winner of Young Hoosier Book Award (Grades 6-8) 1989

Overview

Twelve-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother, Michael, have never liked their younger stepsister, Heather. Ever since their parents got married, she's made Molly and Michael's life miserable. Now their parents have moved them all to the country to live in a house that used to be a church, with a cemetery in the backyard. If that's not bad enough, Heather starts talking to a ghost named Helen and warning Molly and Michael that Helen is coming for them. Molly feels certain Heather is in some kind of danger, but every time she tries to help, Heather twists things around to get her into trouble. It seems as if things can't get any worse. But they do--when Helen comes. AUTHOR: Mary Downing Hahn, a former children's librarian, is the award-winning author of many popular ghost stories, including Deep and Dark and Dangerous and The Old Willis Place. An avid reader, traveler, and all-around arts lover, Ms. Hahn lives in Columbia, Maryland, with her two cats, Oscar and Rufus. REVIEWS: ""A ghost story par excellence in which a difficult seven-year-old is drawn into a frightening relationship with the ghost of a dead child."" (Booklist, ALA, Starred ) AGES: 10 and up GRADES: 5 and up

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A powerful, convincing, and frightening tale...Ghost-story fans have a spooky treat in store. -- School Library Journal Starred Review

""A powerful, convincing, and frightening tale...Ghost-story fans have a spooky treat in store."" -- ""School Library Journal"" Starred Review

Author Information

Mary Downing Hahn's many acclaimed novels include such beloved ghost stories as Wait Till Helen Comes, Deep and Dark and Dangerous, and Took. A former librarian, she has received more than fifty child-voted state awards for her work. She lives in Columbia, Maryland, with a cat named Nixi.

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