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Tour Sign-Up: Brutal Youth by Anthony Breznican
Hello FFBC Team! We are now announcing a new tour we're hosting for Brutal Youth, released on June 2nd, 2015 by St. Martin's Griffin.
The tour will run from June 22nd to June 29th and there will be available the following types of posts:
- Review (Limited spots)
- Interview (Only 3 Available)
- Guest Post (Only 3 Available)
- Video Interview
- Playlist (Blogger's Choice)
- Dreamcast (Blogger's Choice)
- Favorite Quotes (Blogger's Choice)
- Promotional Post
Remember that June 22nd is reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick June 22nd in the sign-up form.
Reviewers will receive a digital copy of the book via NetGalley, so make sure you have an account before filling out the form.
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.
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Thriller, Drama, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age, Psychology, Mystery
Synopsis:
Three freshmen must join forces to survive at a troubled, working-class Catholic high school with a student body full of bullies and zealots, and a faculty that's even worse in Anthony Breznican's Brutal Youth.
With a plunging reputation and enrollment rate, Saint Michael’s has become a crumbling dumping ground for expelled delinquents and a haven for the stridently religious when incoming freshman Peter Davidek signs up. On his first day, tensions are clearly on the rise as a picked-upon upperclassmen finally snaps, unleashing a violent attack on both the students who tormented him for so long, and the corrupt, petty faculty that let it happen. But within this desperate place, Peter befriends fellow freshmen Noah Stein, a volatile classmate whose face bears the scars of a hard-fighting past, and the beautiful but lonely Lorelei Paskal —so eager to become popular, she makes only enemies.
To even stand a chance at surviving their freshmen year, the trio must join forces as they navigate a bullying culture dominated by administrators like the once popular Ms. Bromine, their embittered guidance counselor, and Father Mercedes, the parish priest who plans to scapegoat the students as he makes off with church finances. A coming-of-age tale reversed, Brutal Youth follows these students as they discover that instead of growing older and wiser, going bad may be the only way to survive.
Anthony Breznican was born and raised in Western Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Pittsurgh in 1998. He has worked as a reporter for The Arizona Republic, Associated Press, and USA Today. He is currently a senior staff writer for Entertainment Weekly.Brutal Youth is his debut novel.
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