Noggin
by John Corey Whaley
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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.
Discussion questions for Noggin
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- 1
How does Travis’s physical displacement—having his sixteen-year-old head on a new body—mirror the general feelings of alienation and bodily disconnect that many teenagers experience during adolescence?
- 2
If you woke up tomorrow having missed five crucial years of your life, what do you think would be the hardest part of trying to catch up to the world and people you left behind?
- 3
Kyle remains Travis’s fiercely loyal best friend despite the impossibility of the situation, raising questions about what truly sustains long-term friendship through major life shifts. How do you define the core of a lasting friendship, and how has that changed in your own life over time?
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