Buying Happiness
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Last published Tue, Nov 3, 2015
Dreylyn Phelps has everything--good looks, popularity, money, clothes, a cute boyfriend, a great family. So how is she still unhappy?
Dreylyn's life seems incomplete somehow. Even though everyone at school worships her, she feels unloved and empty inside. But when she meets an unpopular girl who seems to be happy all the time, she begins to wonder. What makes this girl so happy? And how can I have that same happiness?
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