This is foshizz one of the best books I've ever read and I spend probably 6 hours a day reading if that tells you anything. The sexual content is there and somewhat described but not beyong the point that most young teens are aware of. The bad rolemodels are everywhere but not unrelatably. I am a 14-year-old honors student but I know an abundance of people who are like the characters. It is about the maturity and I say again, the book won't kill them. You know your child and their maturity. You could read it first or read it with them, discuss it with them, whatever. Just because the concepts involved sound terrible, it doesn't exactly make the book toxic.

It's a really good book, but you have to be mature to appreciate it, and realize that stuff like this can happen, I would say you shouldn't be any younger that 14 just because it is a very mature book. It's written in free-verse and the book shows things people will do for drugs sex and money.

I read this when I was a freshman. I had already been into Ellen Hopkins, and this is the last book I got around to reading. It deals with a huge range of problems. Maybe parents don't think this is age appropriate but I found it incredibly educational. Maybe you don't want your children exposed to such serious issues but...why not? There are teens out there who live lives like these. This is showing the real world. I'm glad that I can understand situations like this, I am glad I am not ignorant. I understand the themes discussed in the book. I learned most of what I know of drugs and sex from books without any firsthand experience. Isn't that the best way to learn? There will be teens out there who will find it to be a bit too much, and I understand that. Teens like that will probably put down the book. Trust your child's judgement. Ellen Hopkins accurately portrays real, extreme situations that one will have to understand at some point in their life.

I love her books. ive read most of her books and shes just amazing, she gives such detail not too much but enough. she shows manyy points of veiws it is jst amazing. i am always eager to read her other books. this book is so amazing at first i was confused but it is like a puzzle peices that make the big picture. at the end a big huge shocking surprise.

Great, fast read. Mature teens can handle.

i' m teen and i think that this book was the most understanding book i ever read and i think every body should read this because is talking about life and how some people go threw this every day...and this is for the people who don't understand i think that if you have kids and they ever went threw something like this..WHAT WOULD YOU DO??? so you have to ask your self this is a great book and i might just have my child or teen read this so they know they can tell me anything!.....so this book was AMAZING!!! <333 ILY ELLEN HOPKINS!

I read this book when I was fifteen and wish I had waited longer. Ellen Hopkins is very graphic and though the poetry/prose style is well-executed, the plot and characters are disturbing. This is not a good first choice for someone who is young or has never read a book that featured sex, abuse, or drugs.