• Is it age appropriate?

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 13, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 14.

• Is it any good?

  4.0

• Common Sense says

  Finding multiethnic identity; moving but violent.

Why We Rated This for Ages 14–15

The good stuff

• Messages:

  Some racist taunts.

What to watch out for

• Violence:

  Several fistfights: in one of them a man is brutally and graphically beaten, probably to death, though this is not clear, then run over with a car, snapping his bones. In another a boy requires stitches afterwards. A boy is hit in the face with a baseball bat, breaking his teeth and nose. A reference to spousal abuse.
• Sex:

  Some kissing, mentions of STDs, some mild sexual fantasies, references to prostitution and masturbation, getting "laid," a boy and girl go into a bedroom together and don't come out.
• Language:

  Plenty of swearing, including "s--t", "f--k,"" motherf--r," and more.
• Consumerism:

  Lots of product brands mentioned, many approvingly, some repeatedly: clothes, shoes, fast food, soft drinks, sports equipment, alcohol, and cars.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Some smoking, teens and adults drink wine, beer, and hard liquor and get drunk, adults give sips of alcohol to small children, some smoking of marijuana.

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