02096cam a2200313 i 4500 445681924 TxAuBib 20140812120000.0 130912s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013363406 9781605425870 paperback 1605425877 paperback (OCoLC)818318378 YDXCP eng YDXCP rda BTCTA OCLCQ BDX UKMGB KNJ KSA OCLCA DLC TxAuBib rda Alpine, Rachele, 1979- Canary / Rachele Alpine. First edition. Aurora, Illinois : Medallion Press, 2013. 486 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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 is 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. 20140812. Children of single parents Juvenile fiction. Fathers and daughters Juvenile fiction. Acquaintance rape victims Juvenile fiction. Bildungsromans.