Porch Swing Girl

What if friendship cost you everything?

Stranded in Hawaii after the death of her mother, sixteen-year-old

Olive Galloway is desperate to escape. She has to get back to Boston

before her dad loses all common sense and sells the family house. But

plane tickets cost money-something Olive gravely lacks.

With the help of Brander, the fussy youth group worship leader, and

Jazz, a mysterious girl with a passion for all things Hawaiian, Olive

lands a summer job at the Shave Ice Shack and launches a scheme to buy

a plane ticket home before the end of the summer.

But when Jazz reveals a painful secret, Olive's plans are challenged.

Jazz needs money. A lot of it. Olive and Brander are determined to

help their friend but, when their fundraising efforts are thwarted,

Olive is caught in the middle. To help Jazz means giving up her ticket

home. And time is running out.