While Meyer has not written a series of books about the same characters, the theme of young teen-age women who strive to find themselves and their roles in life can be found in some of her other works. In The Luck of Texas McCoy, Texas is a sixteen-year-old who tries to keep running her inherited New Mexican ranch. Likewise, C. C. Poindexter is fifteen and very tall for her age. She already feels that she does not belong, and when her parents divorce, she must find her way through that emotional trial and adolescence, feeling as if she is a misfit.

There are other adolescent novels, perhaps more powerful ones, that contain similar themes. Cynthia Voigt's Izzy in Izzy, Willy-Nilly loses her leg after her drunken date wrecks his car.

In a few months, she must adjust to her disability and lack of loyalty and understanding...