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Night of the Living Dummy

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  • 1993 first published
  • 141 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (17 ratings)
  • 39 editions
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Robert Lawrence Stine's Night of the Living Dummy (1993) is a ghost story and horror novella. It deals with puppets, twins, sibling rivalry and hand puppets.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 17 ratings, and 217 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 39 editions across 5 languages.

It runs to roughly 141 pages — 2–3 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Night of the Living Dummy

Lindy finds a ventriloquist's dummy and has fun learning to make him move and talk. Kris is jealous, and decides to get a dummy of her own. Then nasty evil things begin to happen. No way can a dummy be causing all the trouble. Or is there?
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Puppets
  • Mannequins, Figures
  • Sibling rivalry in fiction
  • Twins
  • Horror stories
  • Sibling rivalry
  • Twins in fiction
  • Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Hand puppets
  • Horror fiction
  • Ventriloquism
  • Sisters
  • Friendship
  • Ghosts

Quick answers

Who wrote Night of the Living Dummy?

Night of the Living Dummy was written by Robert Lawrence Stine and first published in 1993.

What genre is Night of the Living Dummy?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories and Horror.

How long is Night of the Living Dummy?

The median edition has 141 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Night of the Living Dummy?

Readers who like it often enjoy Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, From a Buick 8 and The Screaming Staircase.

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