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Some fantasy violence in a fictional zombie-apocalypse MPOG mentions blood spatters on the screen. Heroine Lucy enjoys the game and how it sometimes lets her work out her anger and frustration. Violent ways to kill a zombie are mentioned several times and include flamethrowers, shotguns, Molotov cocktails, and axes to the face. Within the fictional game, gore in the form of zombie guts is mentioned a couple of times. A description of a fictional TV show episode includes a vague description of the show's heroine being trampled and mentions she was gored to death.

Sexual incidents between characters are few and far between and mostly involve kissing and light making out. A couple of incidents imply that Lucy and Cole had sex, but it's not narrated and left to the reader's imagination whether they did or not. Overall the teens are matter-of-fact about sexual activity, with one friend mentioned as having many partners. Having sex with your date after the prom is referred to as "postprom duties." A major plot point illustrates the double standard: Lucy is "slut shamed" and frequently called a slut, and she thinks of herself as a slut for making out with Cole, who suffers no real consequences himself. Nudity is mentioned a couple of times when a boy strips to go swimming at a party and strip poker is played. A typo in an official school communication leads the teens to joke about vibrators and make lewd gestures that aren't described. Girls are treated as sexual objects a couple of times: when a boy asks another, "If you're done with Ellie, can I hit that?" and when Griffin shows extra cleavage to extract information from jocks.

Teens frequently use lots of profanity. Every other page or so, "s--t" and "ass" and variations on it, or "slut," are used. Used a few times each: "bitch" and variations, "wtf," "boob," "butt," "f--k" and variations, and "crap." Infrequent strong language includes "whore," "skank," "bollocks," "screw," "piss" and variations, "banging," "d--khead," "jackoff," "douche," "dyke," and "hella." "Eff" and "effing" are used a few times. One character refers to his own "Jewfro." "Bros before hos" is used once. Flipping off is mentioned a couple of times. Graffiti describes Lucy as "an ugly C-word who needs to get some." A character is described as "raisin balled."

An after-prom party involves matter-of-fact and frequent mention of teens drinking hard alcohol and beer. Narrator Lucy says she had three drinks but is "fine." Negative consequences mostly involve embarrassing pictures posted on social media. Lucy's adult sister drinks wine at home and has three margaritas at a restaurant with lunch. One teen is told "you're such an a--hole when you drink." Pictures of teens smoking at the party are mentioned as being posted on Facebook, but the smoking is never directly narrated. At the outset of the party, one teen asks another, "Are you drunk already?" Funneling at the party is mentioned. A classmate is presumed to be perpetually high, has a pungent smell, and is nicknamed 420. A pot leaf decal is mentioned, as is "smoking a jay." Hallucinogens and tripping are mentioned once. Someone asks Lucy if she's been smoking pot, and she denies it with a wink.