Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Adam reduces cellist Yo-Yo Ma's entire family history into a trite "Yo Mama" joke. (We're sure he's never heard that before.) But Ma has a long and complicated family history, stretching back to the Ming Dynasty. However, Ma admits his parents knew that Yo-Yo was the name of a toy when they named their son. (Source)
Lori Goldston, the cellist who toured with Nirvana, is a real person, with albums to listen to and videos to watch. (Source)
Mia's father's song "Waiting for Vengeance" is a real song by the band Oswald Five-O, a local Oregon band Gayle Forman is a fan of. (Source and source)
For the sequel, Where She Went, we see where Mia goes after waking up from her coma. And she goes away from Adam, as shocking as that may be. They reconnect in the sequel, which is told from Adam's point of view. (Source)