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My Bicentennial: A Mostly True Tale of the Far-Out ‘70s
Growing up in the 1970s, Massachusetts high school senior Deidre Daly has always been told “thin is in” and she is out. As the Bicentennial year 1976 begins, Deidre vows to change all that. Surely “getting skinny” will land her a date to the prom and she’ll finally fit in with the popular crowd whose lives are as perfect and problem-free as hers is a disaster.
What follows is a funny, often emotional journey, as Deidre navigates her messy life at both school and home and eventually learns to love herself as she is.
A book for those who lived through the ’70s (and had the Pet Rock to prove it), for people who love that far-out era, and for every girl who’s been through that struggle to fit in—before discovering standing out is a lot more fun.
“Evie Kelley’s My Bicentennial is unputdownable!”
The Nascent Bloom: Book 1 Caught
When enemies become allies, falling in love risks everything
In a society with only two classes, rich and poor, Kai’s on the wrong side of the equation. Working as a servant at an elite school catering to his so-called betters, he vows to fight the system that keeps his people down. His classmate Meili, born into privilege, struggles against her world’s strict controls, where a girl’s only value is the wealth and status she’ll bring to a marriage.
When pirates attack their spaceship on a school field trip, Kai and Meili find their strength tested in terrifying new ways. Kidnapped, hurtled to a distant planet far from home, and forced into indentured servitude, the divisions between them melt away.
Equals now, they share one desperate goal. To escape.
Finding a way to do that is a challenge. So is learning how to work together. If they can put aside their differences—and the forbidden feelings growing between them—and join forces, they might just find a way home.
The first in a young adult sci-fi suspense series, The Nascent Bloom: Book 1 Caught is a Young Adult Romance Writers of America Rosemary Award winner, a Killer Nashville 2024 Claymore Award finalist and Top Pick, and a Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award finalist for excellence in young adult romance.