Rundoxvn reverberates with social and moral commentary about postmodern culture. Offering no solutions, only examples, Cadnum shows the stresses teenagers cope with and depicts different ways in which they react to societal excesses of materialism and expectations to conform to peer pressure. Perhaps Jennifer is telling her experiences to other teenagers in an assembly or support group as a warning to avoid selfdestructive behaviors. She may be answering questions asked by a newspaper reporter or responding to the forensic psychologist, assisting him in developing a profile to detect other high-risk adolescents. Cadnum touches on teenage violence and crime without deliberating such related issues as gun control or how the media portrays and distorts stories somewhat like the inconsistent information Jennifer discloses in her biased version. Knowing that teenagers endure intense emotions with which they are often unable to cope or express, Cadnum gives voice to their...