Deals with a variety of issues related to teenage depression, including personal relationships and pressures, substance abuse, suicide, running away, and how to get help and develop coping skills.

Discusses why kids join gangs, gang life and activities, related drugs and violence, getting out and staying out of gangs, and where to go for help.

Covers a wide variety of topics related to teen pregnancy, including birth control, the question of abstinence versus sexual activity, peer pressure, precautions against disease, abusive partners, and life with a baby.