num_pages: 176
description: WHEN DORA ELENAS older sister is diagnosed with depression and has to be admitted to the hospital Elena cant seem to make sense of their lives anymore. At school the only people who acknowledge Elena are Doras friends and Jimmy Zenkwho failed at least one grade and wears black every day of the week. And at home Elenas parents keep arguing with each other. Elena will do anything to help her sister get better and get their lives back to normaleven when the responsibility becomes too much to bear.
language: English
title: Black Box
publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers