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April 13th 1996
(first published 1991)
by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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Hardcover, 192 pages
isbn
038532328X
(isbn13: 9780385323284)
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No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the ordi...more
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man, there are some HATERS on this front page...
listen. if you loved this book when you were in middle school, it sure as hell wasn't because you thought the literary style was articulate and composed. it was because you were in middle school, and therefore an angsty teen who wished you too could discover your lame parents weren't actually related to you by blood. everybody wants to find out they've been kidnapped when they're that age! it's WAY cooler than just being born into suburbia ...more
listen. if you loved this book when you were in middle school, it sure as hell wasn't because you thought the literary style was articulate and composed. it was because you were in middle school, and therefore an angsty teen who wished you too could discover your lame parents weren't actually related to you by blood. everybody wants to find out they've been kidnapped when they're that age! it's WAY cooler than just being born into suburbia ...more
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Read in December, 2007
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My sister even though she had only ever read the first chapter brecommends it for: anyone 9 and up
This book was by far the best book I've ever read but has some adult content. Even though it does it is a great book. It's about a girl named Janie (Jennie) who sees her face from twelve years ago on the back of a milk carton saying she has been kidnapped. The whole book is about her finding out if her "parents" had actually kidnapped her and her finding her real family. I am reading the second book out of four now and so far it is amazing as well.
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Mr. Nourok Writing Arts 903
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The Face on the Milk Carton
By Caroline B. Cooney
At first, I thought this book was just going to be about a girl, who got kidnapped, and some detectives went and tracked down clues to find her. It made me think this book was no different than any other normal mystery book but I was terribly wrong. This book was a lot more than just a mystery!
This book is basically about a girl ...more
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The Face on the Milk Carton
By Caroline B. Cooney
At first, I thought this book was just going to be about a girl, who got kidnapped, and some detectives went and tracked down clues to find her. It made me think this book was no different than any other normal mystery book but I was terribly wrong. This book was a lot more than just a mystery!
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Rather contrived plot,it struck me as being the literary equivalent of a paint-by-numbers picture. It was almost as though the author sketched an outline and then proceeded to fill in the blanks (I know English teachers always harp about pre-writing with an outline but who really does that?)Besides, milk cartons haven't featured photographs of missing children for years so it is unlikely the current teen audience would grasp the reference.
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Read in September, 2008
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no onerecommends it for: everyone
This book is about how a girl named Janie was stolen when she was three, but she never knew. Until one day, she sees a milk carton that has a girls face and says that she is missing. She realized that the little girl in the carton was her.She soon has doughts about if her parents are really her parents or the kidnappers.She soon discovers many things that she wished she had never known.
She found out that her parents had a daughter and she ran away to New Jersey. One day that missing...more
She found out that her parents had a daughter and she ran away to New Jersey. One day that missing...more
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Read in May, 2008
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Ms.recommends it for: Everyone
The Face On The Milk Carton
Catherine B. Cooney
This book started out with Janie Johnson, at lunch. She was lactose intolerant so she could not drink milk. One day she was eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and she desired to wash it down with milk, even though she was allergic. Then across the cafeteria a child points out a picture of a little girl with a polka - dot dress and little pig tails. With one glimpse of the picture Janie knew it was her as a child.
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Catherine B. Cooney
This book started out with Janie Johnson, at lunch. She was lactose intolerant so she could not drink milk. One day she was eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and she desired to wash it down with milk, even though she was allergic. Then across the cafeteria a child points out a picture of a little girl with a polka - dot dress and little pig tails. With one glimpse of the picture Janie knew it was her as a child.
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Read in September, 2007
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I thought this book was a little sad but I still think everyone should read it. This book is about a girl who sees her face on a milk carton as a little girl. She gets scared of her "parents" who are really her kidnappers. This book is a great mystery that uncovers Janie's life. I thought this book was excellent. I saw the movie and then I wanted to read this book. The movie wasn't as good as the book. The book was told in more detail. I really liked this book because it was a really i...more
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Read in May, 2008
While this book was suspenseful and I was excited to read it becuase I'd heard some great things about it, I really didn't enjoy this book as much as I could have. The plot was interesting and could've developed into something big and wonderful. But I, for one, got sick of reading about Reeve and Janie. I picked up the book to read about a girl who was kidnapped and didn't know it, not to learn about teen sex.
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Read in January, 1995
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Middle School Kids
As a middle-schooler, this book kept my attention not only because it was entertaining, but because it brought up gray issues. Most children see things as right or wrong, good or bad, black or white, but this novel allowed me to see the gray areas and to understand that sometimes there is no "best" or "right" decision. It is a creative and sad story.
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This book was a helpful and popular book in middle school. It makes you think, and also satisfies the urge to explore the "what-if's" of adoption, lost identities, and secrets. I know that I sometimes wanted to have a completely different family, and reading this book helped me work through that.
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I read this book last year and it was AMAZING!! the only thing i hated was *SPOILER!! SPOILER*the only thing i hated was the ending!! It was such a major cliff hanger!! I mean she calls her mom and it just ends!!
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Incredibly trashy teen drama, yet somehow I find it irresistable and reread it every few years. Maybe it's printed in ink made from opium.
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the little girl on the milk carton looks a lot like me when i was in kindergarten!
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recommends it for:
magical kids
The beginning of another heart-wrenching series.
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"This book is about how a girl named Janie was stolen when she was three, but she never knew. Until one day, she sees a milk carton that has a girls face and says that she is missing. She realized that the little girl in the carton was her.She so...more This book is about how a girl named Janie was stolen when she was three, but she never knew. Until one day, she sees a milk carton that has a girls face and says that she is missing. She realized that the little girl in the carton was her....more
Read in June, 2008
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were the authors of the review i read at this websiterecommends it for: all the people who like family mystery
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In this book club we read the book title The Face on the Milk Carton. I think that the author of this book Caroline B. Cooney. Included a lot of clues that helped us solve the problem but not giving it away. I also like the description of the setting it really gave you a clear image in your head about the setting. This book wasn’t really suspenseful like the killing, murdering, etc. But it sort of talks you in to know more and to find out who her real parents are.
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In this book club we read the book title The Face on the Milk Carton. I think that the author of this book Caroline B. Cooney. Included a lot of clues that helped us solve the problem but not giving it away. I also like the description of the setting it really gave you a clear image in your head about the setting. This book wasn’t really suspenseful like the killing, murdering, etc. But it sort of talks you in to know more and to find out who her real parents are.
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Read in October, 2008
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no one. its for a classrecommends it for: 16 and up!! children under 16 probably shoudn't read it on count of the book talking about sex!
i finished the face on the milk carton and it is pretty good like i was saying this girl janie finds a picture of a girl on a milk carton that was kidnapped years ago and janie realizes that the picture of the girl looks like her because she had the same exact dress when she was little. so she freaks out and is just going over how her parents she now would do that but it ends up that janie found a picture of a woman name hannah which parents tells her that they are really her grandparents and h...more
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Read in July, 2008
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Micah Briarmoonrecommends it for: teen mystery / suspense fans
First book in the Janie series.
Janie Johnson wishes she could have a more exciting life. Her wish is granted, but not in the way she hoped. One day at school, she sees a picture of a missing child on a milk carton and is convinced that SHE is that child. As soon as she sees the picture, she begins to remember her distant past in tiny glimpses--the polka dot dress, twin boys in a stroller, eating ice cream with a stranger.
Janie loves her parents and has a hard time believing that they ...more
Janie Johnson wishes she could have a more exciting life. Her wish is granted, but not in the way she hoped. One day at school, she sees a picture of a missing child on a milk carton and is convinced that SHE is that child. As soon as she sees the picture, she begins to remember her distant past in tiny glimpses--the polka dot dress, twin boys in a stroller, eating ice cream with a stranger.
Janie loves her parents and has a hard time believing that they ...more
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Read in September, 2006
My friend Jeaux made me read it. I liked and disliked it equally. The story was pretty good and the angst of the character over her predicament was well-written and emotional. What WASN'T well-written was some of the one-dimensional other characters, and the fact that all these unimportant details that help describe people and settings seemed so forced. I mean, Janie gets up and she's in a nightgown and suddenly we get this history lesson on how Janie adores sleepwear. Or like on the pretense of...more
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Read in January, 2000
I never understood why this book was/is so highly acclaimed. The second and third in the series (never read the fourth-- I got the first three as a set and read all of them in spite of my boredom) are a notch above this, which isn't saying much. Frankly, I was disappointed with the way Cooney handled such an intriguing idea. This book is completely mundane (I can't think of a better word, it really just drags on and on and on). And this may just be personal taste, but even in the sixth grade I f...more
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