Meet Josh Parker. A typical 16 year old boy, who lives an average life, where nothing unexpected or crazy seems to happen... or at least that's what he always had thought. At the beginning of his junior year in high school, Josh and his family move to Lakewood after his dad gets a new job. He's usually never the center of attention and always is just... average, until he meets a very un-average girl named Zoey Puchetti. Throughout the year, Josh learns to break free from his mold and become something unimaginable with the help of Zoey and friends he makes along the way. Join Josh on his not-so-average journey at his new school with the crazy Zoey.

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 Ziegler is a perfectly happy woman, living in sunny Los Angeles with her best friend Lauren Orlando. Her singing career is just getting started, and she's being offered gigs that artists twice her age haven't had the chance to do yet. Life for her? Well it's going great... until the day where everything comes crashing down. Mackenzie gets diagnosed with Lupus, a disease that attacks her kidneys. Too scared to reach out to anyone, she keeps everything about her diagnosis locked away inside of her and tries her hardest not to tell anyone. When she arrives home to her apartment the day she's been diagnosed, she's so ill and so afraid she can't even open her own front door. Johnny Orlando finally opens it to find Mackenzie whos shaking, crying, and hysterical. Before Mackenzie even knows it, she blurts out her diagnosis story to a man she gets mixed signals from and has confused feelings towards. In a moment of desperation, Johnny offers her a kidney - but even that might not be enough. What if Lupus takes over more of Mackenzie's organs? Will they be able to set aside their differences for the sake of Mackenzie's health, career and life in general? Furthermore, will they be able to stop themselves from falling for each other- just in case Mackenzie doesn't make it out alive? ••• Recommendations: "To me, holding on was enjoyable because of the explicit detail in it. everything was so well and carefully written, and it's really hard to find books like that nowadays. This book is also realistic in many ways and original, with all the stuff relating to the hospital." ~ Emily (jenzieheart_) "It made me smile at the fact that they loved each other so much yet they went to show that they hated each other. How Johnny cared so much he put his life on the line for Kenzie it was what brought the whole story to life. Also the details were fantastic!" ~ Kyleigh (kyleighwrites) Genre: teen fiction / romance / tragedy Status: completed