Every summer since she was pretty much born, Mackenzie Ziegler and her family have packed up and spent their time at their house on the beach. Along with them come the Orlando's, a gang of two girls, two boys, and their mother. Ever since she can remember, Mackenzie has yearned to be with Johnny Orlando- but it's a quiet type of love; one that's kept in the dark. This summer, Johnny's facing his own demons, and is distant from everyone else. he's always led Mackenzie on, but this summer, the summer of '17, will be different. ••• Recommendations: "When I was reading this book it made me feel like I was at the beach house with them all, I love how carefully crafted the characters personalities are." ~ (bbyhumble) "I loved Summer of '17 because it really just fills your stomach with butterflies and hits you right in the feels." ~ (lcnzic) "I loved reading summer of '17 because it gave me a good vibe throughout the story and it was very entertaining." ~ Livi (dancer_livi) "I love this book so much. at first when I came on wattpad I was only here to read but this book inspired me to write my own book." ~ (beachymads) "Summer of '17 was the first book I've ever read of yours, and I loved it from the start. It was so cute, oh my gosh, and the writing was just fantastic." ~ hayley (thejenzierose) Genre: romance / teen fiction Status: completed

mackenzie frances ziegler- school's good girl, staight A's does all her homework and never misses or skips classes. johnny vincent orlando- the bad boy of school, there's a group of them, but he's known as the worst. he's the hottest guy in school and gets in trouble all the time.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Mackenzie Ziegler and Johnny Orlando have been best friends since they were four years old. It's a pretty cliché story, they're next door neighbors. Considering thier close proximity, and the fact that they were the same age, it just brought them together. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Kenzie and John are now both sixteen and obviously life is a lot more complicated, but through it all they have always had each other. Sometimes they were the only thing the other was leaning on. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Johnny is popular, to say the least. He has one of those personality's you can't help but like him. He's probably one of the funniest people Kenzie has ever met, in times when she has felt the most defeated, he was the only person to make her smile. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Kenzie is extremely intelligent, she has always had good grades. School has always come easy to her, there was no thought about. She may not have the type of status Johnny has, but she's one of kindest people on the earth. Sometimes it has let people step all over her, but Johnny would never let anyone who hurt her do it twice. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Being best friends with someone of the opposite gender is always controversial. Maybe it's right to be though, because as much as people try to deny it, feelings will develop. The only problem is, will it destroy an amazing friendship? [COMPLETED]