If you love YA Contemporary, you might be interested in today's YA Highlight: CANARY by debut author, Rachele Alpine.
In this debut novel, a high school girl tries to understand
the world, figure out where she fits in, and learn how to stand up for herself
when everything falls apart. With the passing of her mother, Kate Franklin’s
life unravels at the seams as she loses the only emotional mooring in her
family. Her dad shuts down completely, and her brother enlists in the army.
Things start looking better when her dad is hired to coach at Beacon Prep, home
of one of the best basketball teams in the state. In a blog of prose and
poetry, Kate chronicles her new world—dating a basketball player, being caught
up in a world of idolatry and entitlement, and discovering the perks the inner
circle enjoys. Then Kate’s fragile life shatters once again when one of her
boyfriend’s teammates assaults her at a party. Although she knows she should
speak out, her dad’s vehemently against it and so, like a canary sent into a
mine to test toxicity levels and protect miners, Kate alone breathes the poisonous
secrets to protect her dad and the team. The once welcoming community has
betrayed Kate, her family is disintegrating, and she’s on her own to grapple
with whether to stay quiet or speak out and expose a town’s hero and destroy
her father’s career.
Wow! That sounds great. You can pick up a copy of CANARY at Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
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