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"One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went cold. However, Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her--literally. Except for the occasional catnap or small blackout where she loses track of time, she hasn't slept in a...
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English
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"Jessie Sloane is on the path to rebuilding her life after years of caring for her ailing mother. She rents a new apartment and applies for college. But when the college informs her that her social security number has raised a red flag, Jessie discovers a shocking detail that causes her to doubt everything she's ever known. Finding herself suddenly at the center of a bizarre mystery, Jessie tumbles down a rabbit hole, which is only exacerbated by...
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English
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Emma Averell loves her life--her high-powered legal career, her two beautiful children, and her wonderful stay-at-home husband--but it wasn't always so perfect. When she was just five years old, Emma and her older sister went into foster care because of a horrific incident with their mother. Her sister can remember a time when their mother was loving and "normal," but Emma can only remember her as one thing--a monster. And that monster emerged right...
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Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 460L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Farmer Brown puts the other animals to bed but gives up on Duck, who sets out to find just the right spot--and snack--to help him sleep.
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English
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Insomnia has claimed everyone Biggs knows. Even his beloved wife, Carolyn, has succumbed to the telltale red-rimmed eyes, slurred speech and cloudy mind before disappearing into the quickly collapsing world. Yet Biggs can still sleep, and dream, so he sets out to find her.
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Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
436 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Amber Hewerdine suffers from chronic insomnia. As a last resort, she visits a hypnotherapist, doubtful that anything will really change. Under hypnosis, Amber hears herself saying, "Kind, cruel, kind of cruel." The words awaken a vague memory, but she dismisses the whole episode as nonsense. Two hours later, however, Amber is arrested for the brutal murder of a woman she's never heard of, and the only way she can clear her name is by remembering exactly...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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A family vacation turns into a nightmare for Michael Hart when he discovers his wife and two children have disappeared from their New York City hotel room. Horrified, he fears they've been kidnapped. Michael's frantic search to find them takes a shocking turn when he discovers that his wife, Natalie, appears to have left quite willingly, taking their children with her. The police want to know why, and so does Michael. But there may be a reason why...
10) Dreamfall
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Series
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seven insomniac teenagers participate in an experimental sleep study and find themselves thrown together in a shared dreamworld where their worst nightmares come to life.
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Series
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Viz Signature edition.
Physical Desc
179 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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"Unable to sleep at night, Ganta Nakami is cranky in class and unpopular with his classmates. He discovers that the school observatory, once used by the now-defunct astronomy club, may be the perfect place for a nap--but he's not alone. Fellow insomniac Isaki Magari is willing to share the observatory with Nakami, and a friendship between the two begins as they bond over the most unlikely things. The school forces the insomniacs' newly re-formed astronomy...
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Series
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Viz Signature edition.
Physical Desc
178 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Unable to sleep at night, Ganta Nakami is cranky in class and unpopular with his classmates. He discovers that the school observatory, once used by the now-defunct astronomy club, may be the perfect place for a nap--but he's not alone. Fellow insomniac Isaki Magari is willing to share the observatory with Nakami, and a friendship between the two begins as they bond over the most unlikely things. Dark rumors about what befell the members of the astronomy...
13) The sleepless
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Publisher
Erewhon Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A mysterious pandemic causes a quarter of the world's population to permanently lose the ability to sleep--without any apparent health implications. The outbreak creates a new class of people who are both feared and ostracized, and most of whom optimize their extra hours to earn more money. Jamie Vega, a New York journalist at C+P Media, is one of the Sleepless. When his irascible boss dies in an apparent suicidal overdose, Jamie doesn't buy this...
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Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
VIZ Signature edition.
Physical Desc
161 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Summer is swiftly approaching for sleepless high schoolers Nakami and Magari. Now members of their school's revived astronomy club, they're busy preparing for their first official club event, a meteor shower watch party! The city's annual fireworks festival is also coming up, and Nakami has promised to go with Magari. Every sleepless night brings the two closer, and their first high school summer promises to strengthen their bond even more..." --...
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Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Viz Signature edition.
Physical Desc
174 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Following the disappointment of the canceled meteor shower viewing party, Nakami and Isaki switch their focus to the photography contest and head out on an astronomy club trip with Isaki's sister, Haya. Isaki and Nakami come back from a night of snapping photos to find Haya leaving. Now they're all alone together in the countryside. How will this change their relationship?" -- Page [4] cover.
17) Sleep donation
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Publisher
Vintage Contemporaries, Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Vintage Contemporaries edition.
Physical Desc
146, 16 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Trish Edgewater is the Slumber Corps' top recruiter. On the phone, at a specially organized Sleep Drive, even in a supermarket parking lot: Trish can get even the most reluctant healthy dreamer to donate sleep to an insomniac in crisis--one of hundreds of thousands of people who have totally lost the ability to sleep. Trish cries, she shakes, she shows potential donors a picture of her deceased sister, Dori: one of the first victims of the lethal...
18) I can't sleep!
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Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
AD 490L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mole and his best friend, Mouse, are at sea aboard their boat, the Leaping Salmon. It's the middle of the night, but Mole can't sleep. First he's too hot, then he's too cold, and then he's afraid of the dark! Can Mouse make everything just right?"--
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Publisher
North South
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Bear can't sleep, he goes on an adventure and discovers the wonders of New York City -- a parade, Central Park, hot dogs, and more! But when he finally gets tired and looks for a place to rest, he learns why it's called the city that never sleeps. What's a bear to do?"--
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Series
Publisher
Edgy Reads
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the chaos of the ER, functioning without sleep is a prized skill. Until a dead nun speaks to Dr. Angela Rossi. 'Find the girl, ' the nun commands, the words drilling into Angela's brain. The girl is real. The threat to her is deadly. Aided by a police detective fallen from grace, Angela searches the midnight catacombs beneath the city, facing down a ruthless gangleader and stumbling onto a serial killer's lair. Her desperate quest to save the...