With every YA books I read/live/experience I'm still floored to hear people refer to teens as only having two moods: angsty and dramatic. The reality is they are so much more attuned to all the feelings adults choose to ignore. These characters were flawed, and they were delt so many different social issues that they faced and grew from: labels, expectations, bereavement, anger, suicide, love, parental relationships, sibling relationships, etc.