How long does it take to read Wait Till Helen Comes?
a ghost story
Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn takes about 3 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 22 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1986. 184 pages, about 50,600 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 37 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the 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.
Subjects: Stepchildren, Brothers and sisters, Stepfamilies, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Ghost stories
