Sleepless
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected Jul 7, 2026
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- $15.99
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- Pre-Order
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
From the #1 bestselling author of RESTART, the story of five kids who are up all night every night... and desperate to find out why.
There's not enough time in the day.
How often have Mickey, Skye, Levi, Cyrus, and Thea thought that?
Well, now they have plenty of extra time... because they no longer need to sleep.
None of them know why this is happening to them. All they know is that they have to keep it a secret from their families and their friends. And while they keep it a secret, they can use their extra hours to become better than everyone else.
Each of them thinks they're alone in their sleeplessness. But once they find each other, they know it can't be just an accident. Suddenly they're forced to ask:
What's keeping them awake at night?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this reflective romp, Korman (Hypergifted) spotlights five children who find themselves with too much time on their hands upon discovering that they no longer need to sleep. White-cued Mickey, 12, and four racially diverse classmates in the town of Shagbark—Skye, Levi, Cyrus, and Thea—have no idea why they're inexplicably unable to sleep. At first unaware of one another's predicament, each uses their extra waking hours to pursue personal ambitions in secret: Mickey turns to athletics, Skye becomes an academic overachiever, Levi experiments with multiple social media identities as an influencer, Cyrus immerses himself in invention, and Thea throws herself into musical theater. But when the group realizes they share the same sleeplessness, they form an unlikely friendship, meeting at night to investigate the cause of their insomnia. As they dig deeper, the quintet confronts a pressing question: Is their condition a gift or a curse? And if a cure exists, do they want it? Throughout this fast-paced tale, characters weigh the costs and pleasures of their nocturnal freedom, including its effects—both positive and negative—on identity, popularity, and achievement. While an abrupt resolution somewhat dampens the impact of the intriguing existential premise, perceptive narration nevertheless excels in its interpretation of wish fulfillment. Ages 9–12.
