Elena Vanishing 
Elena is a seventeen year old girl who is struggling with anorexia. Elena is slowly losing weight, and she is sent to three different mental institutions. She is struggling with her body image, and so did Elena’s sister Valerie. Elena is stubborn and she does not want to admit that she has anorexia nervosa. When Elena goes to college, she is starting to get her life together, but then everything falls apart. Elena has a lot of ups and downs revolving around her anorexia.
  In the book Elena Vanishing, the main character Elena is a very strong girl. Even though she has been through so much she keeps looking for positivity. She is a very driven girl because she always does her homework, gets good grades, she works two jobs and she is a dorm adviser at her college. In Elena Vanishing Elena learns so much and so did I. Through all of her problems Elena stayed positive. She is a very strong girl and a good role model for many people in this book. Elena taught me that no matter the situation, you can still be strong. Also you can get help even if it feels like nothing will help. There are many ways that this book can help so many people and that is why the author wrote this book. The way the author wrote this book made me realize that these things can happen to anyone and you do not even know. People can seem very happy but they can be struggling with a mental illness without you ever knowing.
Elena Vanishing is a true story about mental illnesses. Elena had the courage to talk to her mother about her mental illness which is dealing with anorexia. This book can teach teens that it is okay to talk about your story to get help. There are not enough books that talk about mental illnesses and that needs to change. People do not talk about mental illnesses because they do not want to get judged by others around them. 
I really enjoyed this book. I would recommend this book to people who like to learn about mental illnesses and body image issues. This book has a very good storyline, and it shows so many different struggles that people can have revolving around mental illnesses. This book can open the eyes of many people before they judge someone that they do not know.  Everyone has their own story and it is showed very well in Elena Vanishing.