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Wait Till Helen Comes

Name: Wait Till Helen Comes
Author: Mary Downing Hahn

by Mary Downing Hahn

1986•Family•184 pages

Taste attributes: familyhorrormonster/alien/supernaturaldramafresh & originalimaginarysimplelinearenclosedrescue/escape/jeopardyunlikely connectionshuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeExpect a small-scale, stylised family novel, simple rather than intricate. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Open Library rating

4.3 / 5

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About This Book

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.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FamilyHorrorMonster/alien/supernaturalDramaRescue/escape/jeopardyUnlikely connectionsHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Subjects

StepchildrenBrothers and sistersStepfamiliesJuvenile fictionGhost storiesGhosts

Details

Author: Mary Downing Hahn
Published: 1986
Pages: 184
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Source: Open Library

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