the face on the milk carton by caroline b cooney

The story was also super interesting, despite not being particularly original. I relate less and less to Janie the older I get, but when I first read it, I totally felt like I could be her friend. In this gripping page-turner, the reader will unravel-as Janie does-the twisted events that changed the lives of two families forever.” Goodreads Something is terribly wrong, and Janie is afraid to find out what happened more than twelve years ago. Why are there no pictures of Janie before she was four? Her parents have always said they didn’t have a camera. Janie can’t believe that her loving parents kidnapped her, until she begins to piece together clues that don’t make sense. “The face on the milk carton looks like an ordinary little girl: hair in tight pigtails, a dress with a narrow white collar, a three-year-old who was kidnapped more than twelve years ago from a shopping mall in New Jersey.Īs fifteen-year-old Janie Johnson stares at the milk carton, she feels overcome with shock. The story, while not completely unique, is well executed and memorable – although I’m biased after reading it so many times. In fact, I’m overdo for a re-read of this wonderful book and the entire series. I first read it in late middle or early high school and I enjoy it just as much now as I did then. Cooney is one of a handful of books that I have read at least 10 times. and Mrs.The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Janie can't believe that her loving parents kidnapped her, but as she begins to piece things together, nothing makes sense. She recognized that little girl-it was she. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the ordinary little girl with her hair in tight pigtails, wearing a dress with a narrow white collar-a three-year-old who had been kidnapped twelve years before from a shopping mall in New Jersey-she felt overcome with shock. No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. In the vein of psychological thrillers like We Were Liars and One of Us Is Lying, bestselling and Edgar Award nominated author Caroline Cooney’s JANIE series seamlessly blends mystery and suspense with issues of family, friendship and love to offer an emotionally evocative thrill ride of a read.

The face on the milk carton by caroline b cooney