Cadnum writes about teens living on the periphery of their families and wealthy communities and dealing with emotional issues and moral crimes in such books as Heat (1998) and Taking It (1995). Similarly ostracized characters appear in J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye (1951), in which Holden Caulfield is a jaded, deceitful, and disturbed predecessor to Jennifer, and S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders (1967), which emphasizes that emotional despair occurs in all social classes. Miracle McCloy in Han Nolan's Dancing on the Edge (1997) is reminiscent of Jennifer, 382 Rundown dancing instead of running to prove she exists somewhat like the protagonist in Robert Cormier's I Am the Cheese, (1977) bicycling on his metaphorical journey toward a mental breakdown. Rob Thomas's Rats Saw God (1996) chronicles the mental collapse and restoration of an affluent, disillusioned teenager, while Lisa Rowe Fraustino's Ash (1995) depicts schizophrenia from a sibling's point of view. Robin D. Jones's No...