By: Mary Downing Hahn
Ammy Deza Ms.Carmen English III p.6 March 19, 2015
Summary
Wait till Helen comes is a ghost story that took place in Maryland, Basically is about a young little girl named Heather who’s family had moved to Maryland to an old house who was connected to a church and came with a graveyard. When the family first arrives they are all a little spooky about the fact that there is a graveyard that is practically across the street from their new house. Her new step siblings Molly and Michael were going to live there too since her dad have gotten recently re-married ever since her mother passed away a long time ago. Heather was a horrible little stepsister to Molly and Michael, While they’re all starting to get settled in heather starts talking to an “imaginary friend” frankly it was ghost but nobody assumed it. Heather knows very well that the ghost has a name and its Helen so now she makes the ghost do horrible things to her stepbrothers without knowing that things will eventually catch up to her. Jean the mother of Michael and Molly starts getting a little worried so she tries to talk to Dave Heather’s dad but he just think that is a silly game that kids play. Heathers mom passed away and ever since she blames herself for the incident. Michael and Molly were getting a little scared so the go out searching for clues since the knew that her “friends” name was Helen and what they end up finding is a thumbs tone with Helens name carved on the floor in the graveyard. So they dig deeper into the situation to come to find out that Helen and her family were killed years ago.t xt ﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽nny's if you see g ﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽to Molly and Michael, While they were all satting to get settled ineet from their new was
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