Got along with staff, with teachers and lunch ladies. On the surface, at least, he seems to have it all. Lynch carefully layers the character of Keir. We watch him take down a player on an opposing football team, a hit which seriously injures the other player and earns Keir several scholarship offers and the nickname “Killer.” We watch him play a never-ending game of Risk with his father. When Inexcusable opens Keir tells us that “The way it looks is not the way it is.” From that intriguing opening, we follow Keir through the last few weeks of his high school career. That’s what his class and team mates tell him.
That’s what his older sisters, Mary and Fran, tell him. That’s what his single dad, Ray, tells him. Keir Sarafian is a high school football player and an all-around decent guy. School Library Journal called it “A finely crafted and thought-provoking page-turner.” This particular novel was a National Book Award finalist, as well as top of many other “Best of” lists. Although I teach high school English and although Chris Lynch is a prolific writer of award-winning YA literature, his novel Inexcusable is the first of his books I’ve read.
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