What if friendship cost you everything?Stranded in Hawaii after the death of her mother, sixteen-year-oldOlive Galloway is desperate to escape. She has to get back to Bostonbefore her dad loses all common sense and sells the family house. Butplane tickets cost money-something Olive gravely lacks.With the help of Brander, the fussy youth group worship leader, andJazz, a mysterious girl with a passion for all things Hawaiian, Olivelands a summer job at the Shave Ice Shack and launches a scheme to buya 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 tohelp their friend but, when their fundraising efforts are thwarted, Olive is caught in the middle. To help Jazz means giving up her tickethome. And time is running out.