The face on the milk carton has been extremely popular ever since it was first released. The face on the milk carton is a young adult novel written by author caroline b. In the third book, the voice on the radio, janies boyfriend reeve decides telling her story on his university radio is a good way of making entertainment. If you love to read, youll agree with me, as i love to read. 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 face the milk carton timeline created by samuelstvn. She wants to just be janie and have a normal life, but the other side of her is dying. Book report the face on the milk carton, by caroline b.
The book the face on the milk carton is about a girl named janie johnson who is fifteen years old and wants to change her name so bad. I read the book, the face on the milk carton by caroline b. 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. Home about exposition blog this book was publish in 1990 by caroline b. No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on. The face on the milk carton looks like an ordinary little girl. The face on the milk carton this was the first slideshow moviemaker ive ever made i love it.
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. The book is about a 15yearold girl named janie johnson, who starts to suspect that her parents may have kidnapped her and that her biological parents are. The face on the milk carton janie johnson series plugged in. The movie stars kellie martin as jennifer sandsjanie jessmon, a 16yearold girl who finds her face on the back of a milk carton and puts the pieces of her past together. This guide features multilevel questions for each chapter. Janie face to face the face on the milk carton series by caroline b. I always thought of new jersey as a laidback state, but once i. The book the face on the milk carton is about a girl named janie johnson who is fifteen years old and wants to change her name so bad to jayne johnstone and get her drivers license. This book is about a girl who saw her face on a milk carton under the missing ad and realizes the parents she knows and loves must not be her parents. The face the milk carton timeline timetoast timelines. The face on the milk carton homework help questions. This roller coaster of suspense leaves readers eager for its sequel. An excellent student and ambitious youth, she loved school and was involved in many different activities.
Chapter 3 janie realizes that there is also evidence that she might be kidnapped. 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. Janies school gets milk from a company that puts photos of missing children on the their milk cartons. 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. As fifteenyearold janie johnson stares at the milk carton, she feels overcome with shock. Caroline cooney was born in 1947 and grew up in old greenwich, connecticut.
All opinions are my own and i am in no way sponsered of affiliated with the publishers. Janie thought it made cinces but why was she in a milk carton if her mom lefter here. The face on the milk carton was a quick and good read. In 1995, the face on the milk carton was adapted into a tv movie starring kellie martin and sharon lawrence. The face on the milk carton by anastasia messina on prezi. Sep 28, 2012 my summer reading book report for alpha. An irscbc childrens choice book, it also has been made into a frequentlyaired television special. Even though she is lactose intolerant, she takes and drinks her friends milk carton. This is an extensive, 28page study guide of the novel, the face on the milk carton by caroline b.
The first in the janie johnson series, it was later adapted into a film for television. My son read this for a book report in the 7th grade. The public library to read the new york times on microfilm. Jul 01, 2009 no one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. It also covers how janie has forged better relations with her biological family, especially one of her younger twin siblings. In a novel that never quite lives up to its gripping premise, a highschool student discovers that her. Johnson reeve is seventeen years old and janies neighbor. Her best friends are sarahcharlotte sherwood and adair odell. As i was reading this book i could not help but feel i had seen this somewhere and had a flash back to a younger version of me watching an after school special about this. Janie is a 15yearold girl with long, curly, red hair. The book is about a 15yearold girl named janie johnson, who starts to suspect that her parents may have kidnapped her and that her biological parents are somewhere in new jersey. There are between 1015 thought provoking questions for each chapter. 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 face on the milk carton is a 1995 made for television movie that is based on caroline b. Timeline for janie johnson of the face on the milk carton by. The face on the milk carton is a pageturner i read it in two hours. Early in the novel the face on the milk carton, by caroline b. There are sooooo many better books out there and question the. Cooney is the bestselling author of more than thirty young adult books, including the millioncopy plus bestseller, the face on the milk carton. Cooney welcome to the all new banned library podcast where, like the people that try to ban books, we look at the reasons why books are banned, glance at an internet summary, and then just make some shit up. 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. This is my thirteenth book from the popsugar 2015 reading challenge list a book set in high school. Same hair, same face, and janie remembers the dress in the picture but she has no memory of being kidnapped. The face on the milk carton 1990, a young adult novel by caroline b. The face on the milk carton legend characters context close friendboyfriend parents friends biological family biological mother reeve shields mrs.
This book has 184 pages is a really good book to read, is exciting, and mysterious i really recommend this book. When she was done, she looked down at the picture of the missing child, and sees a little girl that looks exactly like her. Describe the main characters in the face on the milk carton. So i bought it and read it to my boys, who are 10 and 11. Mystery and suspense blend seamlessly with issues of family, friendship and love to offer an emotionally evocative thrill ride of a read. Shes very emotional and has a lot of trouble to deal with the unsure fact of being kidnapped.
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. In the face on the milk carton, to whom did reeve tell janies story without her permission. Nov 12, 2008 in the third book, the voice on the radio, janies boyfriend reeve decides telling her story on his university radio is a good way of making entertainment. Cooneys bestselling janie series beginning with the face on the milk carton and concluding with janie face. In my opinion janie is really responsible and reasonable, a. 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. It was published in 1990 by dell books for young readers. 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. The book is about a 15yearold girl named janie johnson, who starts to suspect that her parents may have kidnapped her and that her. I read this book when i was a kid and remembered it being really good. When janie johnson glanced at a milk carton, she saw a familiar face her own.
With kellie martin, sharon lawrence, edward herrmann, richard masur. During school lunch one day, she sees a picture of a missing girl on a milk carton. No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. Characters in the story summary favorites recommendation janie johnsonjennie spring plays two parts in this story. The first in the fivepart janie johnson series, it was later adapted into a film for television. I was very disapointed with some of the content he was exposed to. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. In the face on the milk carton, where did janie go to read about her kidnapping when she was three. The face on the milk carton is definetly a 5 star book. After jane johnson sees what seems to be her own face as a threeyearold displayed on a school. What made it even more exciting is the location, new jersey. 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. Dec 10, 2015 the face the milk carton timeline created by samuelstvn.
Janie at first looked like a normal girl her age but after she found her picture on the milk carton her life completely changed. 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. 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. Janie johnson loves her parents but when she found out about the missing 3 year old girl. Alyssa bresnahan offers an energetic reading, breaking into song with the back row of boys in mr. Order of janie johnson books janie johnson is the lead character in a series of young adult suspense novels by american author 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. The face on the milk carton janie johnson book 1 kindle. Cooney published her first book safe as the grave in 1979. Chapter 2 janie was shocked because she found out she might be kidnapped. She is an award winning american author of suspense, romance, horror, and mystery books for young adults.
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