Bicentennial Summer is a young adult coming-of-age novel about three small-town friends trying to navigate love, loss, and the moment childhood slips away.
Their journey of self-discovery will test friendships against the angst of being teenagers in this story set during America’s 1976 Fourth of July bicentennial.
Book Blurb:
Friendship is just the beginning . . .
It’s the summer of ’76, and everything feels like it’s about to change. Cole Walker has always loved Tiffany Whitford—but lately, that love feels different. Deeper. Sharper. Cole can’t shake this new feeling, no matter how hard he tries. He wants to tell her, but is terrified of losing the one person who’s always been there.
Cole and Tiffany have been best friends since forever—small-town kids bound by shared secrets, lazy river days, and a friendship forged in childhood. But when a mysterious new guy pulls Tiffany in a direction she doesn’t expect, and a tragic farm accident shakes their small town to its core, storm clouds of grief, jealousy, and buried secrets will form on the summer horizon.
Set against the backdrop of America’s Bicentennial celebration, growing up means pulling apart. And by the time the fireworks fade, nothing will ever be the same for the folks of Cottonwood, Nebraska.
Fans of Daisy Jones & The Six, Looking for Alaska, and Stand by Me will fall for this nostalgic coming-of-age story about first love, fractured families, and the moment childhood slips away.
Grab your copy of Bicentennial Summer now and discover where the Cottonwood Chronicles begin.