Pub Date: April 21, 2008
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2008271732
Lexile Code: 0750
Features: Maps, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 7.50" L x 5.20" W ( 0.35 lbs) 208 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Horror | Family | Blended Families | Paranormal Occult and Supernatural | Siblings | Fantasy | General | Ghost Stories | Classics | Thrillers and Suspense | Comics and Graphic Novels | Paranormal | Girls and Women | Mysteries and Detective Stories | Social Themes | Emotions and Feelings
Description:
Ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn spins a suspenseful yarn about two children who dislike their malicious younger stepsister, Heather--and tensions that escalate when Heather starts talking to a ghost named Helen.
Brief description:
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.
Review Quotes:
"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."
"Genuinely scary, complete with dark secrets from the past, unsettled graves, and a very real ghost." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"An unusually scary, well-crafted ghost fantasy." - Kirkus Reviews