The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay: Ryan Douglass

Ryan Douglass Hardcover YOUNG ADULT FICTION/Romance / LGBTQ+ The Great Gatsby meets the Harlem Renaissance in New York Times bestselling author Ryan Douglass's fresh 1920s Black reimagining of a popular classic, where in a society built on cruelty and secrets, Gatsby and Nick must decide whether to spend a lifetime outrunning trouble or be the ones to light the match. Seventeen-year-old Nick Carrington wants nothing more than to leave Greenwood, Oklahoma, behind and make a name for himself in the papers. But when tragedy strikes, dreams turn into a twisted reality. Forced to start anew in Harlem, only a letter of acceptance from the prestigious West Egg Academy is able to pull him back into the world.But the supposedly integrated private boys’ school is more of a catchy headline than a fact, with the same prejudices Nick left behind back home. And his secret but growing feelings for the founder’s wickedly charismatic son, Jay Gatsby Jr.— who dances past society’s conventions with practiced ease—only add more complications.When Nick’s cutting pen exposes dangerous truths about West Egg and leads to perilous consequences, he and Jay must decide whether to spend a lifetime outrunning trouble or be the ones to light the match. Can they not only fight back but triumph? Or will the powers that be win yet again?