Another day, another option. Have we read Noggin? Personally, no. But that’s because I don’t really get into books about peoples heads being cut off. Do I get that others loved it? Sure.
Do I get that it won awards? Again, yes. I never said that everyone shouldn’t read it. I just said it wasn’t my thing.
Noggin tells the story of (I am using the book synopsis here), “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 he 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 16 and 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, then there are going to be a few more scars. Oh well, you only live twice.”
And now it’s becoming a show. The book was optioned by Disney Television. Scott Weinger (Galavant, Black-ish) exec producing alongside Randall Einhorn (The Mick, Wilfred) and Jeremy Stern of Sad Unicorn are all working on the show.
Am I going to read the book? No, but will I check out the show. Yes. It is Disney after all.