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The Face on the Milk Carton [Hardcover]

Caroline B. Cooney (Author)
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A milk carton portrait causes a 15-year-old girl to question her true identity; citing the novel's "strong characterizations and suspenseful, impeccably paced action," PW added, "The roller-coaster ride Jane experiences with her emotions is both absorbing and convincing." Ages 12-up.
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Grade 7-10-Alyssa Bresnahan brings to life the character of 15-year-old Janie Johnson, a teenager whose typical angst is compounded when she discovers her picture on a milk carton as a missing child. Searching for the truth behind the kidnapping consumes Janie as she tries to maintain the balance between the craziness of her discovery and the teenage world of school, dates, and friends. Bresnahan deftly portrays each character, creating a unique voice for each. The sense of terror that develops in Janie is exhibited by the rising tension in the narrator's voice. Read equally well is the part of Janie's parents-their voices changing during the course of the story from professional and upbeat to wary and defeated. The progression of the characters complements the piece nicely. While the pace of the recording remains steady, it is slightly too slow and tedious at times to accompany this suspenseful tale. However, this does not outweigh the value of Caroline B. Cooney's excellent story (BDD, 1996) which has been a favorite read for young teenagers, an IRA-CBC Children's Choice Book, and the subject of a television special. The popularity of the book will cause this recording to leap off the shelves.
Diana Baker Freeman, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, TX
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Who am I?, Jun 24 2004
This review is from: The Face on the Milk Carton (Mass Market Paperback)
This, in my honest opinion, is Caroline B. Cooney's best novel to date. It received the most recognition out of all of her work and began the quartet of Janie books.

The plot, prior to my first reading of this in the 5th grade, was something I had never heard of before. 15 year-old Janie Johnson is living the life of an average high schooler. She has a fiercely loyal best friend named Sarah Charlotte and a group of friends to eat lunch with. More and more feelings are stirring within her for shaggy-haired Reeve, who is potential boyfriend material. She has two loving parents who have loved her since birth.

Or so she thought.

One seemingly regular lunch period, Janie notices a picture of a random missing child on Sarah Charlotte's milk carton. But the 3 year-old toddler in a polka dot-adorned dress isn't all so random after all. That little girl, Jennie Spring, is her, Janie Johnson. Memories of the very same dress arise. Now, Janie is faced with two choices. She can either try to uncover this harrowing mystery herself - are her parents really kidnappers? Who are her real parents? Or, she can confront the husband and wife she has been living with for as long as she can remember. Well, almost as long as she can remember. Janie chooses the latter over the former. Either way, she must face the undeniable truth, as difficult as it may seem.

Cooney's novel about a teen girl amidst an identity crisis is fast-paced and will keep you guessing till the end. Upon first read, I was disappointed that Janie did not get in contact with her biological family, the Springs. But what I hadn't realized was that Janie's ordeal wasn't ending - in fact, it was just beginning. Cooney's writing style was very enjoyable - even these seemingly unbelievable events seemed believable and frank because of the fashion in which she writes, which includes amazing insight into Janie's mind. The YA crowd is in for a treat!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Favourite Since I Was Young, Feb 2 2005
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This review is from: The Face on the Milk Carton (Hardcover)
I first read this book when I was in grade 5, about 5 years ago. I loved it! I bought the whole collection and I read them over and over again. A must read for any mystery or thriller lover! One of Cooneys best!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Missing, July 4 2004
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Ritsa (Naperville, Illinois) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Face on the Milk Carton (Mass Market Paperback)
No one ever likes to look at the pictures, of the missing children on milk cartoons. With reality crumbling around every one else in the world. Sickening lessons of cruel people.
Are not exactly the kind of thoughts people enjoy to think about.
However, Fourteen year old Janie Johnson. Will soon learn about one of the horrors of the world.

One day while eating lunch with her friends. Janie sees an erie photograph of a three year old with tight pigtails.
While staring at it Janie realizes that it is her.
A three year old girl named Jennie
Spring had been kidnapped at a shopping mall in New Jersey, twelve years ago.
Janie had all ways felt something off with her parents.

She all ways felt like she never really looked like them. Her mom was often funny when it came to medical papers, and letting her learn how to drive.
Now as Janie starts to learn the horrible truth of her childhood. She soon learns what happened between the time she was three years old and now.

Why her parents do not have any photos of her as a baby.
Why they have no cloths for her when she was a baby.
Janie learns that she is not a Johnson at all. But a completely different girl, who she hasn't been for twelve years.

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