SOLVED. Children/ YA Horror, Historical. Boy is sent to creepy orphanage (in Europe). Meets boy who can't sleep because evil/ demon creatures are after him and prey on sleeping people. Read 2018-2019. Spoilers. [s]

[Robyn]

I’m pretty sure it’s by someone famous. It’s set in a 1600-1900 time period i believe. The main character is a boy who is sent to a orphanage. He meets a boy who cannot sleep because evil creatures( i can’t remeber there names) are after him and they prey on asleep people.They boy notices this and tries to help him. They are looking for the leader of the evil group. They think it’s this mean orphanage boy he TW drove a person to su1c1de. It’s revealed that’s it’s not the boy but the evil leader is actually the main character. He doesn’t know this and lost his memories. They locked him up and i can’t remember what happened to him but i vividly remember it is revealed that the twin of the boy who can’t sleep died years before in the fire that kills there parents and there is a imposter. It is then implied she set the orphanage and everyone in it on fire.

I read this a couple of years ago and it was so weird i want to reread. I cant remember the name but i can the plot. I’m pretty sure it was published quite a while ago as well.

[Rainbowheart]

Might want to check the Orphanages list.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Robyn is still looking and wrote:

"Date read:2018-2019

All i can remember is vague parts of the plot:
One character is revealed to have died pre-book and it’s one of the demon creatures masquerading as him
it’s a unsure ending
the creature of kind of like malevolent demons that the children need to hide from in their beds

it was quite well-written from what i remember, and the dark content may mean it was aimed towards an older audience instead."

[Kris]

Robyn, what's the location/ country?

What happened to the main boy's parents? (Why is he sent to this orphanage?)

I copied a few book details to the topic header. Feel free to edit it.

[Joseph]

Any chance that this is Prey, by Graham Masterton?

[Robyn]

it was set somewhere in europe, and the parents died in some sort of accident. i don’t think it’s prey, i remembered the story being told by the child with no parents

[Charlotte]

Is it possibly While the Others Sleep by Tom Becker? I’ve been searching for the exact same book and your post really jogged my memory and helped me hunt it down. I read it years ago and really wanted to revisit it, I remember it being very bizarre.

[Charlotte]

Is it possibly While the Others Sleep by Tom Becker? I’ve been searching for the exact same book and your post really jogged my memory and helped me hunt it down. I read it years ago and really wanted to revisit it, I remember it being very bizarre.

[Robyn]

thank you charlotte, i think that’s the right book!

[Ayesha]

While the Others Sleep for the link