Wait Till Helen Comes

When Molly's new blended family moves to a converted church in rural Maryland, her troubled stepsister Heather falls under the influence of a malevolent ghost child named Helen who drowned in a nearby pond and wants Heather to join her. A genuinely frightening middle-grade ghost story that has terrified generations of readers. One of Hahn's most famous and disturbing novels.

Content Ratings

No Romance

There is no romantic content; relationships are based on the blended family's struggles and the ghost's manipulation.

Intense Themes

Heather is a deeply troubled child processing her mother's death in a fire and directs hostility toward Molly; Helen is a malevolent entity preying on a vulnerable child; themes of grief, suicidal ideation, manipulation, and the danger of unresolved trauma are emotionally intense and genuinely frightening.

Moderate Violence

Helen is a vengeful ghost who died by drowning and attempts to lure Heather to drown herself; the climax involves Heather nearly drowning; violence is psychologically intense and frightening but not graphic.