There is little in this book which will bother young readers. Rosie's heritage is racially mixed; her mother is white and her father black, but this situation is introduced early on in Danziger's typical no-nonsense fashion. Rosie and Phoebe mention the idea of parents having sex and also discuss problems that can arise over practicing religion within split families, all in a very realistic context. There is nothing gratuitous or forced about these discussions.