The theme of the " The Birthday Box by: Jane Yolan " is
Do not let anything get in the way of living life to the fullest.
Its the second one, a valley! Hope this helps :)
Answer:
very badly and treated awful
Explanation:
Leslie doesn't fit in and gets bullied a lot by his classmates, so Jess gets frustrated with her. Because of his feelings about Leslie, he couldn't sleep because of worrying about it too much.