Midnight in the Mountains takes a different approach. Here our young protagonist is too full of her vacation in the mountains to even consider sleep. So quiet, I hear the hush of falling snow. Mom and Dad are asleep. Patrick is asleep.
Trouble is asleep.
For once, he doesn't show. But I'm too excited to sleep. And she thinks about the fun she had on her first day in the mountains, and anticipates the fun she'll have on other days. Instead Julie Lawson's straightforward prose and Sheena Lott's strong watercolor illustrations bring a peaceful vignette of one child's vacation. Peaceful enough, I think, to invite pleasant dreams.