Warner Bros. has acquired screen rights to the Tom Sniegoski novel SLEEPER CODE, and will turn it into a thriller to be written by Jason Keller, reports Variety.

Peter Donaldson, Stacy Maes and Jay Sanders will produce.

Published last month as a young-adult title by Penguin, SLEEPER CODE is the first of a series that will be refashioned as an adult franchise.

The lead character suffers from an extreme form of narcolepsy, forcing him to be home-schooled and to work out of the house. When his psychologist is murdered and his files go missing, he discovers he hasn't been sleeping at all.