He is only good at long snapping, and usually you can't specialize in one thing but the coach really needed a long snapper. Right at the beginning of the school year, Jake Gatsby (I mean Garrett) moves to town and immediately gets a spot on the football team. It's narrated by a guy in high school on the football team who isn't exactly popular himself but knows all the most popular people. It's a "modern" version of The Great Gatsby, which I have never read. I stumbled upon this book when I was looking for something else at the library (yes, this can still happen even with ebooks). Some parts of it seemed unbelievable, like the huge parties happening without the cops coming, but that stuff is easy to look past when you are thinking about the overall message of the novel. I would recommend this for anyone who likes Gatsby and YA. I think the students are going to like it and that it will bring up some great conversations about popularity, the importance of high school, peer pressure, jealousy, and all that good stuff. I liked that this version took place in high school and the characters did things that today's high schoolers do: go to school, go to parties, some drink alcohol, etc. It is narrated like Gatsby: the main character is Rick (Nick) and he becomes friends with the popular new student Jake who throws great parties and always looks impeccable. I read Gatsby in high school and it turned out to be one of my favorite books, so it was easy for me to pick out the similarities with Jake. I'm glad I did! It was a good, quick read. So anyway, I didn't want to read this, I had to. We will probably offer the classic as some sort of extra credit project, unfortunately, but as much as I would like to teach it, there is only so much time in the trimester.
It is a modern retelling of The Great Gatsby and we thought it might be a bit more accessible to the kids than the classic.
I'll be honest- I read this book because I will be teaching it in the fall in my English 11 class.
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