As the summer unfolds, Nick is drawn into Gatsby's world of luxury cars, speedboats and extravagant parties. But the more he hears about Gatsby - even from what Gatsby himself tells him - the less he seems to believe. Did he really go to Oxford University? Was Gatsby a hero in the war? Did he once kill a man? Nick recalls how he comes to know Gatsby and how he also enters the world of his cousin Daisy and her wealthy husband Tom. Does their money make them any happier? Do the stories all connect? Shall we come to know the real Gatsby after reading Nick's account of that fateful summer?

 

This book is part of a book series called Baker Street Readers .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Baker Street Press .

Sean Connolly is an experienced writer for children who has written widely on current affairs and historical issues. Sam Kalda is an illustrator and artist based in Minneapolis. He was born and raised in South Dakota--which sounds much more exotic than it actually is. His commissioned works include editorial, book, advertising and pattern illustration. In 2017, he received a gold medal in book illustration from the Society of Illustrators in New York. His first book, "Of Cats and Men: History's Great Cat-loving Artists, Writers, Thinkers and Statesmen," was published in 2017 with Ten Speed Press. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940) was an American writer, now widely regarded as one of the greatest of the 20th century. Among his works are "Tender is the Night", "The Last Tycoon" and of course, "The Great Gatsby". His works are windows into the "Jazz Age" America of the 1920s.