Comments on: Help me find a YA horror story

Question: Help me find a YA horror story

GilvearSt — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:01:53 -0800

When I was 9 or 10 I read a book that truly scared me. I don't remember much about it now, but I'd love to find it. Please help me!

I think it was the mid 1990s that I read this horror novel for children/teens. I don't remember much about the plot only that the main character was a young girl, there was a baby involved (either a sibling or a nephew/niece) and that the climax of the story took place in a dried up riverbed. There was a demon/ghost haunting her. The cover of the book featured a pair of creepy eyes. Not much to go on, but if anyone has any ideas or places I can look to try to find it, I would be so grateful.

By: jeudi

jeudi — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:32:27 -0800

Was it The Ghost of Fossil Glen? I thought I remembered a baby being involved, but Search Inside doesn't seem to mention any. This is the first book that came to mind, though.

By: hellomina

hellomina — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:36:22 -0800

Every scary story I read as a kid can be traced to some book by Alvin Schwartz -- the ones with the spindly spidery illustrations. Like the girl who had an ever-growing pimple and one day she took a hot bath and it exploded and a million baby spiders crawled out.

By: spunweb

spunweb — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:39:04 -0800

Maybe Wait Til Helen Comes? Or The Ghost Belonged To Me?

By: clerestory

clerestory — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:39:41 -0800

Wait Til Helen Comes was what I thought of immediately.