The face on the milk carton looks like an ordinary little girl. The face on the milk carton adair, who was going for her drivers test the following monday, and who carried her drivers ed book with her everywhere, was. After jane johnson sees what seems to be her own face as a threeyearold displayed on a school lunch carton, she is plunged into a series of flashbacks. The face on the milk carton from the janie series, vol. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the face on the milk carton. During school lunch one day, she sees a picture of a missing girl on a milk carton. Free download or read online the face on the milk carton pdf epub book. Internet archive contributor internet archive language english. Book report the face on the milk carton, by caroline b. No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. The face on the milk carton is a story that leaped up out of nowhere, when i was rushing along, carrying luggage and worried about check in. Nov 17, 2011 the face on the milk carton by caroline b. The suspicion that she was kidnapped brings her entire life up to this point into question. She is an award winning american author of suspense, romance, horror, and mystery books for young adults.
In 1995, the face on the milk carton was adapted into a tv movie starring kellie martin and sharon lawrence. No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on. Cooney is the author of many other books that include drivers ed and the sequel to face on the milk carton, whatever happened to janie. The face on the milk carton is a young adult novel written by author caroline b.
Though she adores her parents and doesnt want to upend her comfortable life, shes no longer sure she can trust the people she believed were her mom and dad. Cooneys bestselling janie series beginning with the face on the milk carton and concluding with janie face. The face on the milk carton ebook written by caroline b. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 192 pages and is available in hardcover format. The face on the milk carton has been extremely popular ever since it was first released. It was published in 1990 by dell books for young readers.
Books similar to the face on the milk carton janie. Pdf the face on the milk carton book by caroline b. The face on the milk carton 1990, a young adult novel by caroline b. The face on the milk carton the face on the milk carton series 8601400285411. Cooney is the bestselling author of more than thirty young adult books, including the millioncopy plus bestseller, the face on the milk carton. I read the book, the face on the milk carton by caroline b. As fifteenyearold janie johnson stares at the milk carton, she feels overcome with shock. This roller coaster of suspense leaves readers eager for its sequel. Apr 25, 2010 this is a book trailer not a movie trailer, though there is a movie version of this book for caroline b. An irscbc childrens choice book, it also has been made into a frequentlyaired television special. Book 1 in the janie series no one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. Once i got so into the book, i read pages in two hours, and im eleven. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Han further develops her cast, pushing them to new maturity and leaving few stones unturned.
The face on the milk carton is a young adult mystery novel written by author caroline b. Immediately download the the face on the milk carton summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching the face on the milk carton. People who like the face on the milk carton book by caroline b. Recorded books is proud to offer an unabridged recording of this riveting story that takes on new drama and urgency through alyssa bresnahans stirring. The sentences are pretty short ant not very complicated.
Pdf the face on the milk carton download read online. The face on the milk carton homework help questions. Jul 01, 2009 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 ordinary little girl with her hair in tight pigtails, wearing a dress with a narrow white collara threeyearold who had been kidnapped twelve years before from a shopping mall in new jerseyshe felt. In the vein of psychological thrillers like we were liars, girl on the train, and beware that girl, bestselling author caroline cooneys janie series delivers on every level. Face on the milk carton this is one of my favorite books and when my daughter came home with it i was ok with her reading it, because she is getting to that age where she wants a little more mystery in a book. Mystery and suspense blend seamlessly with issues of family, friendship and love to offer an emotionally evocative thrill ride of a read. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the authors best ideas. With kellie martin, sharon lawrence, edward herrmann, richard masur. The face on the milk carton, whatever happened to janie, the voice on the radio, what janie found and janie face to face by caroline b.
The characters ping from event to event with emotions always at the forefront. In a novel that never quite lives up to its gripping premise, a highschool student discovers that her muchloved parents may in fact be her kidnappers. The face on the milk carton janie johnson series plugged in. 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 collara threeyearold who had been kidnapped twelve years before from a. Cooney this study guide consists of approximately 37 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your. The face on the milk carton book 1 in the janie series no one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. The first in the fivepart janie johnson series, it was later adapted into a film for television.
If you love to read, youll agree with me, as i love to read. The face on the milk carton is a 1990 novel by caroline b. The first in the janie johnson series, it was later adapted into a film for television. A teenage girl sees a photograph of herself one day in the school cafeteria on a missing persons column on the side of a milk carton. If you like the face on the milk carton you might like similar books the pigman, the night i disappeared, running out of time, the lottery rose, nothing but the truth. It is not my story and it is not a story that built up in my heart over the years until i was bursting to write it down. The face on the milk carton adair, who was going for her drivers test the following monday, and who carried her drivers ed book with her everywhere, was not interested. The main characters of this young adult, mystery story are janie johnson, reeve shields.
The titular face on the milk carton refers to the protagonist, janie johnson or jennie spring, a fifteenyearold girl who is. The face on the milk carton is definetly a 5 star book. The face on the milk carton is a story that leaped up out of nowhere, when i was rushing along, carrying luggage and worried about checkin. Cooney this study guide consists of approximately 37 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the face on the milk carton. 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 collara threeyearold who had been kidnapped twelve years before from a shopping mall in new jerseyshe felt overcome.
Oct 31, 2010 the face on the milk carton by caroline b. The main characters of this young adult, mystery story are janie johnson. 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 collara threeyearold who had been kidnapped twelve years before from a shopping mall in new jerseyshe felt overcome with shock. The face on the milk carton audiobook by caroline b. She realizes that she is the child that was abducted 12 years earlier. Cooney published her first book safe as the grave in 1979.
Cooney as today is halloween, heres a story that promises to scare, chill, and thrill you sitting at lunch as usual with her friends, janie johnson who, at 15, is already playing with her identity by adding and changing letters to her plain name, sneaks a swig from a friends milk carton, even. 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 collara threeyearold who had been kidnapped twelve years before from a shopping mall in new jerseyshe. The face on the milk cartonpage 4 ebook online read. There are no special flashbacks in the book as the main character janie does not remember what happened to her in the past. I thought this book was pretty good, it had mystery, romance, and drama. When fifteenyearold janie johnson sees her own picture on a carton of milk, she wonders whether her loving parents are actually kidnappers. Many of her books were challenged for different reasons but her book the face on the milk carton was challenged for sexual content and challenge of authority. Accelerated reader a photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads janie on a search for her real identity notes.
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 collara threeyearold who had been kidnapped. The jennie springjanie johnson series is a series of a young adult novels written by caroline b. Cooney began the janie johnson series in 1990 with the face on the milk carton. When janie johnson glanced at a milk carton, she saw a familiar face her own. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 1990, and was written by caroline b. The book is about a 15yearold girl named janie johnson, who starts to suspect that she may have been kidnapped, and that her biological.
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