Jake reinvented book audio

The jay gatsby figure is nerd turned bon vivant jake garrett. Listen to jake, reinvented by gordon korman available from rakuten kobo. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Lee jake, reinvented por gordon korman disponible en rakuten kobo.

Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Thirteen reasons why thirteen reasons why is a mystery, eulogy, and ceremony. Jake is the new kid at fsf high school, every guy wants to be him and every girl wants to date him. I know, in years to come, i will often return to this book. Download jake, reinvented audiobook by gordon korman. Jake, reinvented by gordon korman overdrive rakuten. Gyllenhaals performance is a faithful delivery in the voice of nick carraway, the midwesterner turned new york bond. Gordon korman audio books gordon korman is the bestselling author of more than eighty books for children and teens, including his popular 39 clues series.

This is a good book for all ages, but particularly young adults the only reason that i cant give it 5 stars is that is not on par with its inspiration. Gordon kormans brilliant and intense writing and cutting edge dialogue quickly draw readers into the adolescent struggle of popularity and acceptance. I have to admit, i almost didnt catch it because i havent read the great gatsby since high school, and then under great protest, but korman includes a quote from it at the beginning of his book, and names the high school. Jim colby rick becomes friends with the popular new boy, jake garrett, football player and host of superlative parties, and in the process discovers the true nature of his schoolmates and uncovers the mystery. Gordon korman born october 23, 1963 is a canadian american author. Jake, reinvented by gordon korman, 2003, hyperion edition, in english 1st ed. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Jul 31, 2014 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Find books like jake, reinvented from the worlds largest community of readers. But i, afraid and curious, would always return to this amazing book. In 1999 the disney channel created the jersey, a television series based on his monday night football club books. Gyllenhaals performance is a faithful delivery in the voice of nick carraway, the midwesterner turned new york bond salesman, who rents a small house next door to the mysterious millionaire jay gatsby.

Gordon kormans brilliant and intense writing and cutting. Rick paradis the kicker for the football team meets jake for the first time. The story is narrated by rick, the teams kicker and the awkwards means of reintroducing jake and didi. Twenty or thirty times, i snapped the book shut when a sentence, an image, or a line of dialogue was too beautiful and painful. Jake, reinvented by gordon korman book cover, description, publication history. Jake reinvented by gordon korman no additional assignment just enjoy reading. Heres an etiquette book that teens will want to readbecause it keeps them laughing, doesnt. In cold blood by truman capote bring book and character notes. New kid jake garrett seems to have it all figured out. Hes a star athlete, he hosts the best parties, and every girl in school wants to date him.

Versions are available in formats such as paperback, hardback, audio, or e book. Jake, reinvented on the other hand is extremely readable, and the ramifications of characters actions are immediately understood and it leaves you truly wanting to know what happens next. Jake garrett has the right clothes, car, and parties, to which everyone is. Jake, reinvented by gordon korman is the modern day retelling of f. Korman has written over 80 childrens and young adult fiction books. Jake, reinvented ebook por gordon korman rakuten kobo. Swindle, zoobreak, framed, showoff, hideout, jackpot, unleashed, and jingle. If there was no characters the book would not have a point. Gyllenhaals performance is a faithful delivery in the voice of nick. There is a mysterious new student at fitzgerald high, jake garret.

Jake reinvented jake reinvented audiobook, by gordon korman. Chapter 1 the chapter begins at a party in jake garrets house. Affluent long island in the 1920s has been relocated to a contemporary suburban high school called f. In this novel inspired by the great gatsby and set at a suburban high school, newcomer jake has left his nerdy past behind and become a popular, partygiving member of the football team all to win the admiration of the comely didi. Your order will ship on or around the release date.

The book is about a boy who moved to a different school. Knowing the novel was a clever teenage analogue of the great gatsby, which ive recently read for the first time, i devoured it and found the connections and links extremely well. Goodreads members who liked jake, reinvented also liked. This is a podcast giving insight in a movietrailer type of fashion describing gordon kormans book, jake reinvented. Public library 2007 along with complaints about the phoenix new times, comedian george carlins audio book, when will jesus. Our rbdigital platform distributes the broadest array of digital content typesincluding audiobooks, video, magazines, ebooks, education, and entertainmentall in one powerful app. The sleepwalker book 9 audiobook by robert muchamore. And why has he gone to all the trouble to reinvent himself. Listen to jake, reinvented audiobook by gordon korman. Korman taps into teens desires to be accepted and to reinvent themselves.

An ambitious teen analogue of the great gatsby, gordon kormans new novel, jake, reinvented, makes explicit its literary antecedents. I had my doubts going into the book simply because i thoroughly enjoyed the great gatsby and was worried about how it would. Jake reinvented by gordon korman read by jim colby. Gordon korman is a legend for this book,it feels as though thir is really happening i mean,it made me feel as though i was there. Jake, reinvented is the best book because of the characters. Recorded books is the largest independent producer of audiobooks in the world. Scott fitzgeralds classic american novel of the roaring twenties is beloved by generations of readers and stands as his crowning work. Scott fitzgeralds the great gatsby, set in a suburban high, and jake garrett has remade himself into a long snapper on the football team in order to capture the heart of didi, the quarterbacks girlfriend.