Unraveling

Two key characters die from gunshots, one early enough in the book that Janelle describes the feeling of loss often and in detail. FBI agents and teens wave and shoot guns. People are found dead with radiation burns, described as so bad that it looks as though their bones have melted. Janelle is hit by a truck, knows she's dead, but then is healed by Ben. A giant earthquake hits, and the aftermath is described -- many people are missing and feared dead. Janelle recalls being drugged at a party a couple years before and waking up with her underwear ripped; she eventually finds out who almost raped her. Janelle beats up that boy, and teen boys get beaten up on other occasions. Janelle's mentally ill mother gets enraged and trashes the house.

Passionate kisses and groping between Janelle and Ben are described. The night they spend together isn't described.

Lots of "f--k"s are thrown about by FBI agents and teens. And there's a healthy helping of everything else as well, the worst being "bitch," written on Janelle's car windshield (her tires are also slashed) and plenty of sexualized language.

Janelle remembers being slipped drugs in a beer at a party a couple years before, with bad consequences. Lots of teens drink heavily at parties, with mentions of fights breaking out. (Janelle calls her dad for a ride one night.) Ben's crowd is known as the stoners, but Janelle notes surprise that Ben doesn't smell like pot.