Melanie Joy of Upland

Melanie Joy misses her best friend Sandy, who was sent to live with her grandmother. She also misses living with her dad now that her parents are divorced. She's sad that people she loves leave her world. In coping with her loneliness, she creates her own imaginary world where everyone she loves lives close to her. Taking from her dad's saying, 'œWhy feel down if you can be up?' she names her imaginary world Up Land, a magical land where everyone feels happy and up, and no one has to move away. Whenever Melanie Joy misses Sandy, faces disappointments, or things don't go her way, next stop'¦Up Land. In Up Land, there are wild flowers that smell like watermelon candy and become butterflies and Sandy's always there waiting for Melanie Joy. In her real world, the day finally arrives when she has the opportunity to see Sandy at last, but at a personal cost to herself.Eubanks, Sandra is the author of 'Melanie Joy of Upland', published 2004 under ISBN 9781413700152 and ISBN 1413700152.