![]() ![]() Heather gloats that her new friend Helen Elizabeth Harper gave it to her. Later Molly sees Heather wearing an antique silver locket with the same initials. ![]() The dates reveal the grave belongs to a seven-year-old child, but the stone bears only the initials H.E.H. While exploring the graveyard, Heather discovers a tombstone hidden under a tree. Superstitious Molly is also alarmed to learn that their new home is a converted church with an attached graveyard. The tension compounds when the family moves to a small town deep in the country where Molly and Michael will be unable to avoid Heather all summer. ![]() Heather constantly lies about Molly and Michael bullying her, causing Dave and Jean to mistrust them. Heather's mother died in a house fire when Heather was three, leaving her clingy and possessive of her father Dave and resentful and jealous of the attention he gives to his new wife Jean and her children. Twelve-year-old Molly and her brother Michael resent their new seven-year-old stepsister Heather. The book deals with the subject of death and suicide, which has led some parents to request that the book be removed from school reading lists and school libraries. The book won a 1989 Young Reader's Choice Award and follows a young girl that must deal with supernatural events that surround her. ![]() It was first published on January 1, 1986, through HarperCollins and has since gone through several reprints. Wait Till Helen Comes is a 1986 novel by American author Mary Downing Hahn. ![]()
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