Paradise Pawn: A Novel

A dazzling debut novel about best friends, adolescent longing, and the Florida pawn shop that promises to make their dreams come true-if it doesn't break them apart first.

Teenage best friends Jackie and Kayla can sell anything. Alongside their fathers, they work at a pawn shop in Cherry Beach, Florida, handling everything from luxury jewelry to chainsaws and more. When the girls learn that Kayla's family can't afford a private school opportunity that Jackie's can, Jackie becomes distraught ...