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Wait till helen comes home6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() White’s, or Chantel Acevedo’s books, visit /blogs/authors/mary-downing-hahn To learn more about Mary Downing Hahn’s, J.A. ![]() Mary, J.A., and Chantel unearth the dark secrets and histories of villains and ghastly beings to help readers understand that whatever haunts their nightmares just may hold an important lesson. A self-proclaimed scaredy cat, Mary shares how the dysfunction of the family at the center of her book served to create an opening for a ghost to entice itself into a renewed existence. ![]() White and Chantel Acevedo join the Queen of Tween Screams, Mary Downing Hahn to appreciate her supernatural classic, Wait Till Helen Comes. In this episode, we dredge up some Halloween spirit and examine our favorite graveyards and the ghosts that haunt them. They might cause us a bit of grief, but when we face them, we face ourselves, our fears, and our histories, and in confronting them we learn collaboration, problem-solving, empathy, and companionship. And, it is telling, that stories of ghosts and graveyards stay with us. It is the lessons learned in the face of darkness that make supernatural stories important for young readers. There is much to be learned from stories, whether they feature ghosts, witches, or monsters, even when they scare us. ![]()
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