Noggin

I thought this was lovely and funny. A worthy exploration of the concept–Travis Coates was a 16-year-old kid dying of cancer. His head was cyrogenically frozen and 5 years later, medical technology had advanced to the point where his head could be reattached to a donor body. (NOTE: there is a certain type of reader who will probably want more medical detail than is given. The concept is pretty glossed-over, and I am 100% fine with that.) To Travis, it's as if he went to sleep and woke up the next day, but everyone else–his parents, his best friend, his girlfriend–has had 5 years to mourn his death. Plus, Travis is kind of famous–he's only the 2nd person in the USA to have been successfully brought back to life with this procedure. The kinds of negotiations that follow are funny and heartbreaking. I hate to say it's a [b:The Fault in Our Stars 11870085 The Fault in Our Stars John Green https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1360206420s/11870085.jpg 16827462] readalike, but, uh... it kinda is.