While Say Goodnight, Gracie contains little that could be considered sensitive to parents or educators, some adults might find the cavalier attitude of the characters about school attendance distressing. Additionally, on occasion Deaver places blunt language in the mouths of her teen-age characters. It would be foolish to think that young adults do not use foul or suggestive language, but younger readers seeing four-letter words in a book recommended by adults may get the impression that such language is acceptable.