Recruited to the debate team of an elite California prep school, sixteen-year-old Tanner is sucked into the high life and shadowy secrets of his partner, a playboy known as Duke, in this contemporary retelling of The Great Gatsby.
Tanner McKay was recruited by Bannerman Prep after he argued his public school's debate team to victory last year, and now Bannerman wants that championship trophy. Debate is Banner's ticket to a scholarship to Stanford and a new, better future. Then he's paired with the prep school playboy everyone calls the Duke, who is a total no-show when it comes to putting in the work to win. As Tanner gets sucked into the Duke's flashy world, he discovers that the Duke's castle is built on shady, shaky secrets-- and the walls are about to topple.