![]() Ultimately, the school closes down until they can figure out what's going on. ![]() Their father, Thomas, works as a janitor at the college, and he must go in and clean Kara's room after she dies. Two young sisters from town, Sara and Libby, watch the alarming chain of events unfold. Meanwhile, two students from the floor, Caleb and Rebecca, sneak out, attend a party, and sleep together the next morning, Rebecca also does not wake. ![]() Catherine, a psychiatrist from Los Angeles, arrives to evaluate the afflicted students' mental health and notes that they all seem to be in the REM stage of sleep. The school puts the floor under quarantine. Soon, others on the same dorm floor fall asleep and refuse to wake. Her roommate, Mei, feels helpless, which is only compounded when Kara eventually dies. She continues to breathe but refuses to open her eyes or respond to anything in the world around her. ![]() The next day, she falls asleep, and no one can wake her. ![]() After a night out with friends, Santa Lora College student Kara Sanders arrives back at the dorms, suddenly exhausted. The Dreamers was a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice, as well as a best book of the year selection by Glamour, Real Simple, and Good Housekeeping. The Dreamers (2019), a science fiction novel by American author Karen Thompson Walker, follows a group of college students and families in the fictional town of Santa Lora, California, where a mysterious virus causes extended periods of sleep and intense dreams. ![]()
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