All the Bright Places

Bullying includes name-calling, knocking books out of arms, aggressively bumping, and slamming into a locker. A few fights, one in which a father beats his son. Characters are punched in the eyes and nose; smashed in the mouth, nose, and ribs; held underwater; slammed against a wall; and strangled. Pain and injuries briefly mentioned. Blood's mentioned a couple of times but not described.

Older teens talk about sex, mostly along strict gender lines that accept the double standard as the norm. Boys mention "getting laid" and "scoring," saying, "Did you hit that yet?" and similar things. Sexual activity is associated with sluttiness in girls. Main characters have mature, matter-of-fact attitudes about sex. A dozen or so kisses are not described in detail. A few make-out sessions mention kissing with tongue, hands under shirts, skin-to-skin contact, and needing a lot of willpower not to go all the way. Older teens have sex a few times, but it's not described. No contraception or protection against STDs is mentioned, nor are there any consequences to sex.

Frequent use of profanity: "s--t" and variations, occasionally "f--k," "a--shole," "piss," "dumbass," "bulls--t," "SOB" and variations, "goddamn," "hell," "bitch" and variations, "faggot," "prick," "-ass" as a suffix, "damn," "slut," and "whore." A parent's T-shirt says, "Suck it." A car is nicknamed "Little Bastard."

A few mentions of high school kids drinking beer at parties. A 19-year-old talks about being drunk. A car interior smells of smoke and pot. A main character doesn't like drugs but keeps sleeping pills on hand. A teen takes half a bottle of sleeping pills. Teens smoke cigarettes, including in a scene during PE with no consequences.