Themes dealt with include competition between females, isolation, sexual exploration and deceit.

Common themes include drug use, sexual exploration, and spirituality.

Ann undertakes some gentle sexual exploration with a schoolmate, though nothing is explicit.

The parked car is a symbol of teenage sexual exploration; in motion, the ticket to eternal youth.

The main focus of the song is sexual exploration.

"Let's just pray that resa got her period of sexual exploration over with quickly."

The entries in her notebook reflected on her thoughts about sadness and sexual exploration.

But once night falls and their sexual exploration begins, we discover that all is not as it seems.

A dedication to sexual exploration required that one's heart remain warm but mild.

The book also includes discussion of homosexuality, alcoholism, gender roles and sexual exploration that was, for the era, uncommon.