Wait Till Helen Comes Graphic Novel: A Ghost Story($8.99Value)

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In this graphic novel adaptation of master horror storyteller Mary Downing Hahn's spookiest and most popular tale, two siblings must save their stepsister from the clutches of a vengeful ghost. When their mom remarries, Molly and her brother, Michael, try to make friends with their new stepsister, Heather. But Heather only wants to make trouble for them. She lies and tattles and misbehaves, and somehow they always get the blame. They know she’s trying to drive a wedge between her father and their mother so she can have her father all to herself—and it seems to be working. Then, Heather starts playing in the graveyard behind their new house. She claims she can talk to a ghost named Helen, and her behavior gets even stranger. Michael doesn't believe in ghosts and thinks their new little sister is just looking for more attention. But Molly isn't so certain, especially when Heather threatens that Helen is going to come for them and make them sorry. It seems as though things can’t get any worse—but they do. When Helen comes. For more spooky graphic novels from Mary Downing Hahn, check out Took, All the Lovely Bad Ones , and The Old Willis Place! Gr 4–6—A classic children's thriller receives an eerie graphic novel retelling that hits all the right notes. Siblings Molly and Michael have tried bridging the divide between them and their young stepsister, Heather, whose trauma at losing her mother in a fire that almost took her own life shows itself in hostile behavior. The family moves into a rural country church with a backyard graveyard, where Heather claims to befriend a ghost named Helen, who died in a fire in 1880. Heather tells Michael and Molly that Helen will make them pay for mistreating Heather "when she comes," and Molly discovers that Helen is all too real and has sinister motivations that will put Heather's life at risk unless someone intervenes. VERDICT Laxton and Peterson create a chilling and faithful adaptation of Hahn's original novel, with creepy imagery, an eerie blue and purple palette, and solid pacing between dialogue and omniscient narration. Characters are realistically human and present as white. —Rosemary Kiladitis "An adaptation that feels as fresh as a newly dug grave."  - Kirkus Reviews 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. Scott Peterson is the writer of Truckus Maximus , an original middle grade graphic novel, and he also wrote the adaptations of Mary Downing Hahn’s most beloved ghost stories, including Wait Till Helen Comes and Took . Scott lives in the Pacific Northwest with his family. Visit him at theotherscottpeterson.blogspot.com. Meredith Laxton  is the illustrator of the graphic novel edition of Mary Downing Hahn’s classic ghost story  Wait Till Helen Comes  as well as work published by IDW, Humanoids, and Comics Experience. Nowadays, Meredith resides in Savannah, Georgia. Visit them at meredithlaxton.com. Russ Badgett 's work in comics includes cover colors for IDW’s Ghostbusters: Answer the Call . He currently lives in the hilly part of Texas. You can visit him online at russbadgett.com.