23 English eng Bickmore, Steven T. Contributor <p><span style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">According to my two senior readers, the book was "messed up" beyond Keir, the disturbed narrator. [...]the instruction continues by asking students to develop and debate their interpretations of stories without the benefit of a teacher's questions" (Rabinowitz and Smith 78). [...]they were able to give me their interpretation of Inexcusable and provided suggestions on how other students might explore the novel. [...]as this small qualitative study with Janet and Zac suggests, if we trust what we have already taught our students they might meet these books with more enthusiasm than some of the more traditional texts in our classrooms.</span><br></p> Assembly on Literature for Adolescents -- National Council of Teachers of English Winter 2008 pdf ISSN 0882-2840 Young adult literature It Is Inexcusable to Deny Inexcusable a Place in the Classroom mixed material Assembly on Literature for Adolescents -- National Council of Teachers of English