D. Pierson - The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To

DC Pierson was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He graduated from New York University in 2007 with a degree in writing for television. His comedy group DERRICK made a feature film called Mystery Team . He publishes short stories and unsolicited opinions on his website, www.dcpierson.com. This is his first novel.

FIRST VINTAGE BOOKS EDITION, FEBRUARY 2010

Copyright © 2010 by DC Pierson

All rights reserved. First published in the United States by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Pierson, DC

The boy who couldn’t sleep and never had to: a novel /

by DC Pierson.—1st ed.

p. cm.

[1. Friendship—Fiction. 2. High schools—Fiction. 3. Schools—Fiction. 4. Sleep—Fiction. 5. Cartoons and comics—Fiction. 6. Science fiction.]

I. Title. II. Title: The boy who could not sleep and never had to.

PZ7.P6162Boy 2010

[Fic]—dc22 2009021984

eISBN: 978-0-307-47462-9

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