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Tour Schedule: The Degenerates by J. Albert Mann

/ Feb 15, 2020


The Degenerates

by J. Albert Mann
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Release Date: March 17th 2020
Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction
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Synopsis:

In the tradition of Girl, Interrupted, this fiery historical novel follows four young women in the early 20th century whose lives intersect when they are locked up by a world that took the poor, the disabled, the marginalized—and institutionalized them for life.

The Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded is not a happy place. The young women who are already there certainly don’t think so. Not Maxine, who is doing everything she can to protect her younger sister Rose in an institution where vicious attendants and bullying older girls treat them as the morons, imbeciles, and idiots the doctors have deemed them to be. Not Alice, either, who was left there when her brother couldn’t bring himself to support a sister with a club foot. And not London, who has just been dragged there from the best foster situation she’s ever had, thanks to one unexpected, life altering moment. Each girl is determined to change her fate, no matter what it takes.


J. Albert Mann is the author of six novels for children, with S&S Atheneum Books for Young Readers set to publish her next work of historical fiction about the Eugenics Movement and the rise of institutionalism in the United States. She is also the author of short stories and poems for children featured in Highlights for Children, where she won the Highlights Fiction Award, as well as the Highlights Editors’ Choice Award. She has an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults, and is the Director of the WNDB Internship Grant Committee. 

Jennifer is represented by Kerry Sparks at Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency.



March 11th

March 12th

Ya It’s Lit - Review + Favourite Quotes
Write, Read, Repeat - Spotlight
Kait Plus Books - Promotional Post

March 13th

Belle's Archive - Review
Here's to Happy Endings - Review + Favourite Quotes
Bookish Rantings - Review
The Reading Life - Promotional Post

March 14th

Sometimes Leelynn Reads - Review + Playlist
Inky Moments - Review + Favourite Quotes
Mahkjchi's Not-So-Secret Books - Review + Favourite Quotes
Books_andPoetrii - Promotional Post

March 15th

The Reading Corner for All - Review + Favourite Quotes
A Bookish Dream - Review
Bookishly Nerdy - Review + Favourite Quotes
L.M. Durand - Promotional post

March 16th

YA on my Mind - Review + Favourite Quotes
Bookishaestha - Review + Playlist + Dream Cast

March 17th

BookishGeek - Review
Comfort Books - Review
Iamlitandwit - Review + Favourite Quotes
Inktalkswithmaria - Review


March 11th

March 12th

March 13th


March 14th


March 15th


March 16th


March 17th



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👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏻 G I V E A W A Y 👩🏾‍🤝‍👩🏼 . . Happy Friday everyone! . . Today on the FFBC Tours, we are celebrating the upcoming release on March 17th of J. Albert Mann's new novel, THE DEGENERATES. . . A fiery historical novel follows four young women in the early 20th century whose lives intersect when they are locked up by a world that took the poor, the disabled, the marginalized—and institutionalized them for life. . . If you would like to read win a copy of the book, enter the giveaway below ⬇️. . . Entries for the giveaway: ▪︎Follow @theffbc & @whatmakespatri ▪︎Follow @j.albertmann ▪︎Follow @simonteen ▪︎Answer my question: if you could travel in time, when would you go and why? . . Extra entries: ▪︎Tag a friend (extra entry per friend). ▪︎Share the giveaway on your story (tag @whatmakespatri & @theffbc) ▪︎Follow @michellesulk ▪︎Follow any other FFBC team member participating in the tour (comment who did you follow): @popthebutterfly @ya.its.lit @kaitplusbooks @booking_belle @kagunderman @storyeyedreview @bookish_rantings @sometimesleelynnreads @inkymoments @esperdenoire @mahkjchi_books @books_andpoetrii @TheReadingCornerforAll @fourmoonreviews @a_bookish_dream @poisonbooknerd @l.m.durand @adreamindream @allisawhitebooks @_bookishaestha_ @bookishgeekig @paigebradish @iamlitandwit @fictitiouswonderland @bookgirl_sulagna . . #bookshimmy #bookgiveaway #bookgram #yabookstagram #ireadya #booksatgrammer #bibliophile #bookphotography #booknerd #booklover #amreading #bookcommunity #booksbooksbooks #instaread #bookstagramming #igreaders #iloveya #TheFFBC #thedegenerates #jalbertmann #simonteen #YAHistoricalfiction
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Tour Sign-ups: The Degenerates by J. Albert Mann

/ Jan 31, 2020

Hello FFBC team!!  We are announcing a new tour we're hosting for The Degenerates that is being released March 17th, 2020.


The reviews only tour will run from March 11th to March 17th and there will be available the following types of posts:
  • Review (Limited spots)
  • Favourite Quotes (Blogger's Choice)
  • Playlist (Blogger's Choice)
  • Dream Cast (Blogger's Choice)
  • Promotional Post
Remember that March 24th is reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick March 24th in the sign-up form.

Reviewers will receive a digital copy of the book through NetGalley. So make sure you are able to accept this format and/or have an NG account before signing up to this tour.

Physical copies will be available for bloggers based in the US and interested in participating in our bookstagram.

As always, there will be a tour giveaway provided by the author. Details to come soon!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed and the tour schedule has been published.





The Degenerates

by J. Albert Mann
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Release Date: March 17th 2020
Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction
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Synopsis:

In the tradition of Girl, Interrupted, this fiery historical novel follows four young women in the early 20th century whose lives intersect when they are locked up by a world that took the poor, the disabled, the marginalized—and institutionalized them for life.

The Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded is not a happy place. The young women who are already there certainly don’t think so. Not Maxine, who is doing everything she can to protect her younger sister Rose in an institution where vicious attendants and bullying older girls treat them as the morons, imbeciles, and idiots the doctors have deemed them to be. Not Alice, either, who was left there when her brother couldn’t bring himself to support a sister with a club foot. And not London, who has just been dragged there from the best foster situation she’s ever had, thanks to one unexpected, life altering moment. Each girl is determined to change her fate, no matter what it takes.


J. Albert Mann is the author of six novels for children, with S&S Atheneum Books for Young Readers set to publish her next work of historical fiction about the Eugenics Movement and the rise of institutionalism in the United States. She is also the author of short stories and poems for children featured in Highlights for Children, where she won the Highlights Fiction Award, as well as the Highlights Editors’ Choice Award. She has an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults, and is the Director of the WNDB Internship Grant Committee. 

Jennifer is represented by Kerry Sparks at Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency.
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Tour Schedule: Destroy All Monsters by Sam J. Miller

/ Jun 7, 2019

Destroy All Monsters

by Sam J. Miller
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: July 2nd 2019
Genre: Young Adult, Mental Health, Contemporary
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Synopsis:

A crucial, genre-bending tale, equal parts Ned Vizzini and Patrick Ness, about the life-saving power of friendship.

Solomon and Ash both experienced a traumatic event when they were twelve.

Ash lost all memory of that event when she fell from Solomon’s treehouse. Since then, Solomon has retreated further and further into a world he seems to have created in his own mind. One that insulates him from reality, but crawls with foes and monsters . . . in both animal and human form.

As Solomon slips further into the place he calls Darkside, Ash realizes her only chance to free her best friend from his pain is to recall exactly what happened that day in his backyard and face the truth—together.

Fearless and profound, Sam J. Miller’s follow up to his award-winning debut novel, The Art of Starving, spins an intimate and impactful tale that will linger with readers.


Sam J. Miller is the Nebula-Award-winning author of The Art of Starving (HarperTeen), one of NPR's Best Books of 2017. His second novel, Blackfish City (Ecco Press/USA; Orbit/UK) was a "Must Read" according to Entertainment Weekly and O: The Oprah Magazine, and one of the best books of 2018 according to the Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, and more. Joan Rivers once asked him if he was gay (HE IS!). He got married in a guerrilla wedding in the shadow of a tyrannosaurus skeleton. He lives in New York City.



July 2nd


July 3rd

BookCrushin - Interview
The Reading Life - Promotional Post

July 4th

Snark and Squee - Review + Favourite Quotes


July 5th

The YA Obsessed - Review
Dazzled By Books - Promotional Post

July 6th

Frayed Books - Review
Confessions of a YA Reader - Promotional Post

July 7th

Belle's Archive - Review + Favourite Quotes
A Dream Within A Dream - Promotional Post

July 8th

Port Jericho - Review

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