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Prom Dress (Point Horror)
by
Lael Littke
The beautiful prom dress that Robin finds in her employer's closet becomes a fatal omen as each young woman who wears it is tortured by evil forces
Mass Market Paperback, 167 pages
Published
June 1st 1989
by Scholastic Point
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A few weeks ago I'd been taking a trip down memory lane as far as teen fiction went & I remembered this book. Upon recalling the many, many times I'd read this book (my copy had long since disintegrated due to repeated readings by my friends & I during my younger years), I had to purchase a copy. While I did enjoy it much more as a teenager, the book still has a little magic left in it.
The story follows several different teen girls, but predominantly the character of Robin- a dancer who...more
The story follows several different teen girls, but predominantly the character of Robin- a dancer who...more
A friend is currently re-reading some horror books she loved back in the day, which prompted me to look this one up.
It's funny how my memory of this book is so tied up in the cover. The gloooowwwwing dresssssss! The girl who looks like she'd fit right in at Sweet Valley High! (That series was an obsession for pre-teen me.)
As I read through some of the reviews on here, parts of the story came flooding back. Not enough to properly critique the thing, but more than enough for me to recall being fr...more
It's funny how my memory of this book is so tied up in the cover. The gloooowwwwing dresssssss! The girl who looks like she'd fit right in at Sweet Valley High! (That series was an obsession for pre-teen me.)
As I read through some of the reviews on here, parts of the story came flooding back. Not enough to properly critique the thing, but more than enough for me to recall being fr...more
The cover of this book looked so familiar I thought I had read it. But in reading it again, I didn't remember any of the details.
Robin, a dancer, wants so badly to have the perfect dress for prom to impress her boyfriend, the most popular boy at school. The old woman she volunteers for offers up a couple of dresses in her attic, but Robin wants the one dress Miss Catherine has insisted Robin not wear - a lacy cream-colored gown. The dress calls to Robin and she steals in from Miss Catherine. Bu...more
Robin, a dancer, wants so badly to have the perfect dress for prom to impress her boyfriend, the most popular boy at school. The old woman she volunteers for offers up a couple of dresses in her attic, but Robin wants the one dress Miss Catherine has insisted Robin not wear - a lacy cream-colored gown. The dress calls to Robin and she steals in from Miss Catherine. Bu...more
Nostalgia is a prom dress. I was obsessed with this book too and with prom culture. But I never went to the prom. Well, I crashed it with a friend after I graduated wearing Claire's merchandise, glitter, and a giant black hoodie.
Yet another book I can't review objectively because I loved it and read it over and over and over when I was young. I'm positive I stole this one from my sister, too. Poor sister. Look at the close up of that desireable prom dress on the cover, though! Isn't it, uh, ideal for todays hip kids?
I'm totally going to hunt this down and read it again, because it's probably terrible. I remember doing a booktalk for it in sixth grade (yes, I loved it that much), and it went something like this:
"And so t...more
I'm totally going to hunt this down and read it again, because it's probably terrible. I remember doing a booktalk for it in sixth grade (yes, I loved it that much), and it went something like this:
"And so t...more
I read this back when I was a teen and I loved it. I remember I took it with me when we went to stay for a week at my gr-grandmother’s house out in the country. Her house was surrounded by nothing but trees, and while near the road there wasn’t much traffic so I’d lay in bed at night and read while trying to ignore the complete darkness out the window (something I wasn’t used to at all!) I remember this book gave me the creeps so bad! I was probably 13 at the time, so who knows if I’d still find...more
I remember this cover and the story about an evil prom dress and just remember how the storyline was creepy but not remembering most of the details and how interesting the story was. I'm currenty tracking down and re-reading all the Point Horror series....couldn't get enough of these kinds of stories back in the day.
I'm sure if I read this book now as an adult, I would think it was lame .. but I do remember really liking it when I was a pre-teen. I still remember two scenes from it pretty vividly, which I think speaks well for the book. Has a nice twist, if I remember correctly.
Got this today for free day at my library's used book sale.I actually really liked it and read it all in one sitting.Ikept wanting to yell,"NO,NO,NO,DON'T LOOK AT IT!DON'T TRY IT ON,IT WILL KILL YOU!!!" Buy a copy if you can.
Read these by the truckload in elementary school, alongside a steady diet of Stephen King. They were lots of fun and a little scary. I don't remember any of the stories but recognize a few of the covers.
I remember adoring this book when I was, oh I don't know, ten or eleven (along with other Point books and Christopher Pike). The premise just so intrigued me and I remember connecting with the main character.
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I think I read this book about 30 times when I was a kid. I would read it over and over. I should read it again now for a laugh.
This was a creepy book. I liked it as a teenager. I still own it. The author is a good friend of my mother's.
i loved it
i was 13 when i read it
books were way better back in the day
a real page turner
the ending woa
i was 13 when i read it
books were way better back in the day
a real page turner
the ending woa
Really interesting. I liked how it involved other people in other situations that aren't related.
this is a great book with an unsuspected ending....counts as one book!
This was probably one of my favorite book covers in my horror collection!
Oh, my god. A haunted prom dress? This book is so awesome.
I read this as a teenager but it was awesome.
Read this as a kid and loved it. :)
I liked it but I doubt coale will want to read a book about a prom dress so i am afraid it has to hit the garage sale!
Aug 12, 2007
Sakura Koneko
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who likes the supernatural
I found this book at a library in town where I lived when I was a child I believe, and for some reason decided to read it even though it wasn't on any subject I usually read.
It's a very interesting book, detailing the curse that effects a beautiful dress found in the attic of a mysterious employer by a girl named Robin. The dress ends up changing hands many times, and effecting many girls' lives for the worst before the truth behind it is told, and the curse is put to an end.
It's a very interesting book, detailing the curse that effects a beautiful dress found in the attic of a mysterious employer by a girl named Robin. The dress ends up changing hands many times, and effecting many girls' lives for the worst before the truth behind it is told, and the curse is put to an end.
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This is a scary book that I read over and over as a teen. It is about a prom dress that causes bad things to happen to whoever wears it!
this was a book i read as a teen only to realize later that it was an urban legend spread way too long. not a very good book.
Read this a few years ago after find it in a classroom library, and really liked it!
May 18, 2013
Jazz
marked it as to-read
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Daughter of Frank George and Ada Geneva (Petersen) Jensen; married George C. Littke (a college professor), June 29, 1954; children: Lori S. Education: Utah State University, B.S., 1952; graduate study at City College (now City University of New York), 1955-59, and University of California--Los Angeles, 1968. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). Hobbie...more
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