The Face on the Milk Carton
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Chapter Book · Ages 12–18 · 1990 · Est. 4 hour read

The Face on the Milk Carton

By Caroline B. Cooney

Book #1 in the Janie Johnson series

A girl sees her childhood face on a missing child poster. Are her parents kidnappers?

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192 pages· 41,588 words· Est. 4 hour read
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Janie Johnson's world shatters when she sees her childhood face on a missing child poster. Could her loving parents be kidnappers? As she unravels the mystery, her identity and past become a tangled web of secrets. Who is Janie Johnson, really? With every clue, the truth becomes more elusive, and Janie must confront the possibility that her life is built on lies. As she delves deeper, the stakes rise, and Janie must decide whom to trust. Can she uncover the truth before it's too late, or will her past remain a haunting mystery?

From the publisher

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 collar–a three-year-old who had been kidnapped twelve years before from a shopping mall in New Jersey–she felt overcome with shock. She recognized that little girl–it was she. How could it possibly be true?Janie can’t believe that her loving parents kidnapped her, but as she begins to piece things together, nothing makes sense. Something is terribly wrong. Are Mr. and Mrs. Johnson really Janie’s parents? And if not, who is Janie Johnson, and what really happened?

At a glance
Format
Pages
192
Words
41,588
Reading age
12–18
Audience
Young Adult
Lexile
660L
Themes & topics
Books about identityBooks about kidnappingBooks about family problemsBooks about familyBooks about social themes
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.8
F&P level
~P
AR points
6
AR interest level
UG
AR quiz
5268
Publication
Published
April 13, 1996
First published
February 1, 1990
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780385323284

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