Thinkin with your noggin

Wow and wow again.  Noggin is the new book by John Corey Whaley who won the Printz medal back in 2012 for Where Things Come Back, which I really enjoyed.  I can never predict winners, but man, so far, I really think that this could win Mr. Whaley another medal.  I really loved this book.  It science fiction, sort of, more realistic fiction, but the whole premise science fiction.  Travis has just come back from the dead.  He had cancer when he was sixteen and had the opportunity to have his head cryogenically frozen.  The doctors say that there is a possibility, in a few decades or more, that he could come "back to life" through the transplantation of his head on a donor body.
What happens is, science moves super fast and he comes back with a brand new body in five years.  He is still sixteen, but all of his friends are turning twenty-one, including his girlfriend.  He is still a kid, but his former peers are on with their lives.  Travis feels like he has seen his family and loved ones yesterday, but they have been mourning his death for five years, never sure if he was really coming back to them.
There is so much good stuff in this book. Don't let the science fiction stuff turn you off, because it really doesn't feel like science fiction at all.  The whole frozen head this is the only thing that is different from today's world.  In fact, it is still pretty rare in Travis' world, as Travis is quite the sensation and oddity, being only the second person in the world to have the operation.
This is a must-read.  There's a lot to talk about here and a lot to consider.