Second Sleep, Diane Stanley
Second Sleep, Diane Stanley
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Second Sleep

Author: Diane Stanley

Narrator: Mark Sanderlin

Unabridged: 6 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/02/2021

Synopsis

The time by the lake is everything perfect about a childhood summer…and maybe it also holds the answers Max needs. Give this tender middle grade novel to readers who love the mystery, friendships, and touches of magic in novels by Rebecca Stead and Laurel Snyder! To get Max and Rosie’s minds off their mother’s mysterious disappearance, their grandmother, Mozelle, suggests that they visit the old log cabin where their mom spent her summers as a child. This is a place where, when it gets dark, you go to bed. But according to Mozelle, their mother had her happiest dreams during her nights at the lake.  That first night, Max and Rosie travel in their dreams to an almost impossibly beautiful place where they meet a wonderful new group of friends. But was it really just a dream? Or is there something extraordinary and magical about this compound by the lake? As Max slowly grasps what is really going on, he wonders if he might have found the key to the mystery of his mother’s disappearance—and how to bring her safely home.

About Diane Stanley

Diane Stanely is the author and illustrator of beloved books for young readers, including The Silver Bowl, named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews and an ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice; The Cup and the Crown; The Princess of Cortova; Saving Sky, winner of the Arab American Book Award; Bella at Midnight, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and an ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice; The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy; The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine; The Chosen Prince; and Joplin, Wishing.Ms. Stanley has written and illustrated numerous picture books, including three creatively reimagined fairy tales, The Giant and the Beanstalk, Goldie and the Three Bears, and Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter, and an award-winning series of picture book biographies. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. You can visit her online at www.dianestanley.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Diana on July 14, 2021

3.5 Stars — "The time by the lake is everything perfect about a childhood summer. And maybe, these nights also hold the answers Max is looking for..." SECOND SLEEP is a very sweet middle grade book with an original magical premise that I enjoyed. When Max's mother disappears, his grandmother takes hi......more

Goodreads review by DaNae on February 01, 2022

Popsugar #25 - A book you can read in one sitting......more

Goodreads review by Emma Ann on April 09, 2025

An intriguing premise and a restful plot, but VERY on the nose, even for middle grade.......more

Goodreads review by Robin Loves on November 23, 2021

Max and Rosie are missing their mother. She was there one day and then she wasn't. Their father isn't overly concerned. Apparently she went to help an old friend and doesn't want any of them to worry but the children do anyway. Their grandmother Mozelle has the perfect idea. She takes Max and Rosie......more

Goodreads review by Emilee (emileereadsbooks) on November 22, 2021

Thank you Netgalley, Harper Audio and Harper Kids for the gifted book! I'm sure there was a good reason I put this on my TBR and requested it from Netgalley. But as it sat on my TBR I forgot what it was about and was kind of not looking forward to reading it. BUT AM I SO GLAD I DID. This book is del......more

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