Noggin

by John Corey Whaley

3.67 of 5 stars 9 ratings • 3 reviews • 12 shelved
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2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

Travis Coates has a good head...on someone else's shoulders. A touching, hilarious "tour de force of imagination and empathy" (Booklist, starred review) from John Corey Whaley, author of the Printz and Morris Award-winning Where Things Come Back.

Listen--Travis Coates was alive once and then he wasn't.
Now he's alive again.
Simple as that.

The in between part is still a little fuzzy, but Travis can tell you that, at some point or another, his head got chopped off and shoved into a freezer in Denver, Colorado. Five years later, it was reattached to some other guy's body, and well, here he is. Despite all logic, he's still sixteen, but everything and everyone around him has changed. That includes his bedroom, his parents, his best friend, and his girlfriend. Or maybe she's not his girlfriend anymore? That's a bit fuzzy too.

Looks like if the new Travis and the old Travis are ever going to find a way to exist together, there are going to be a few more scars.

Oh well, you only live twice.

  • ISBN10 1442458747
  • ISBN13 9781442458741
  • Publish Date 8 April 2014 (first published 1 April 2014)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 256
  • Language English