Noggin by John Corey Whaley

Noggin

by John Corey Whaley

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.

If the new Travis and the old Travis are ever going to find a way to exist together, it looks like there's going to be a few more scars.

Reviewed by Stephanie on

3 of 5 stars

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God, Travis is a piece of shit teenager. Like, seriously uncomfortable, intense second-hand embarrassment. I am Kyle and Hatton telling him DO NOT DO THE THING.

But goddamn if I didn't cry over them meeting Jeremy Pratt. When Travis wasn't obsessing about Cate, the other parts were really great.

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