Sep 28, 2015 the ya book that introduced janie johnson to the world. The face on the milk carton the face on the milk carton series 8601400285411. All opinions are my own and i am in no way sponsered of affiliated with the publishers. In the more than 20 years that followed that first book, there have been sequels whatever happened to janie. The book the face on the milk carton what book comes after 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 shopping mall in new jerseyshe. Until one day, she sees a milk carton that has a girls face and says that she is missing. What is the face on the milk carton series about answers. The face on the milk carton is definetly a 5 star book.
The face on the milk carton has been extremely popular ever since it was first released. Cooneys bestselling janie series beginning with the face on the. When janie johnson glanced at a milk carton, she saw a familiar face her own. Sign me up to get more news about young adult books. Sep 03, 2014 the whole face on the milk carton idea in the first place i dont know about you, but when i read these books, it was the early 00s and the idea of putting a kidnapped childs face on a milk. The face on the milk carton is a young adult novel written by author caroline b. During school lunch one day, she sees a picture of a missing girl on a milk carton. Janie, having balanced living with both her real family and her kidnap family, looks forward to the anonymity of college, only to discover that a truecrime writer wants to revive the. I thought this book was pretty good, it had mystery, romance, and drama. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 192 pages and is available in hardcover format. Sep 12, 2011 and while tv movies tend to be bad to mediocre, the face on the milk carton is one of the good ones. 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. 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. I read the book, the face on the milk carton by caroline b. The face on the milk carton janie johnson series plugged in. Cooneys bestselling janie series beginning with the face on the milk carton and concluding with janie face. The titular face on the milk carton refers to the protagonist, janie johnson or jennie spring, a fifteenyearold girl who is. Mystery and suspense blend seamlessly with issues of family, friendship and love to offer an emotionally evocative thrill ride of a read. In fact, she was stolen from her birth family the springs in early childhood and the springs want her back. The first in the janie johnson series, it was later adapted into a film for television. The jennie springjanie johnson series is a series of a young adult novels written by caroline b. Order of janie johnson books janie johnson is the lead character in a series of young adult suspense novels by american author 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 series 6 titles sort by. A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads janie on a search for her real identity. The face on the milk carton is a young adult mystery novel written by author caroline b. The first in the fivepart janie johnson series, it was later adapted into a film for television.
The author took this premise and made a heart wrenching, true to life story. The face on the milk carton series penguin random house. The main characters of this young adult, mystery story are janie johnson, reeve shields. Pdf the face on the milk carton book by caroline b. Over two decades after the janie series began with the face on the milk carton 1990, cooney concludes the thrillerromance saga of kidnapped janie johnson. 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.
But what if the face of the missing child was your face. The face on the milk carton tv movie 1995 the face on the. The janie johnson series is a five book series by caroline b. I was totally riveted to this book, literally couldnt put it down. 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.
The book is about a 15yearold girl named janie johnson, who starts to suspect that she may have been kidnapped, and that her biological. Free download or read online the face on the milk carton pdf epub book. The face on the milk carton book las vegasclark county. Kellie martin plays a girl who sees her face a baby photo on the back of a milk carton, and finds out about her mysterious past.
Asked in childrens books is there a book after face on the milk carton. The face on the milk carton series included some stuff you. 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. An irscbc childrens choice book, it also has been made into a frequentlyaired television special. 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 threeyearold who had been kidnapped twelve years before from a shopping mall in new jersey.
The face on the milk carton, whatever happened to janie, the voice on the radio, what janie found and janie face to face paperback january 1, 2015. As fifteenyearold janie johnson stares at the milk carton, she feels overcome with shock. Recorded books is proud to offer an unabridged recording of this riveting story that takes on new drama and urgency through alyssa bresnahans stirring. In the novel the face on the milk carton by caroline b.
The face on the milk carton looks like an ordinary little girl. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 1990, and was written by caroline b. They are more mysterious with more attention paid to detail. 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. And while tv movies tend to be bad to mediocre, the face on the milk carton is one of the good ones. If you love to read, youll agree with me, as i love to read. The whole face on the milk carton idea in the first place i dont know about you, but when i read these books, it was the early 00s and the idea of putting a kidnapped childs face on a milk. When fifteenyearold janie johnson sees her own picture on a carton of milk, she wonders whether her loving parents are actually kidnappers. This roller coaster of suspense leaves readers eager for its sequel. Cooney is about how a girl named janie was stolen when she was three, but she never knew. The face on the milk carton the face on the milk carton series paperback by caroline b.
The first book in the janie johnson series was the face on the milk carton, which was released to readers in 1990. The most recent novel is janie face to face, in which author. The face on the milk carton, whatever happened to janie, the voice on the radio, what janie found and janie face to face caroline b. She realizes that she is the child that was abducted 12 years earlier.
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 face on the milk carton book columbus metropolitan. Oct 31, 2010 the face on the milk carton by caroline b. The sequel came out three years later, followed by the voice on the radio, what janie found, janie face to face, and what janie saw. 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.
With kellie martin, sharon lawrence, edward herrmann, richard masur. Jan 18, 20 in the more than 20 years that followed that first book, there have been sequels whatever happened to janie. The face on the milk carton the face on the milk carton. Cooney losing christina about a young girl named janie johnson who sees her own face on a milk carton and realizes that the people who raised her are not her real parents.
This is a book trailer not a movie trailer, though there is a movie version of this book for caroline b. It was published in 1990 by dell books for young readers. The series focuses on the life of an ordinary girl. Its a good movie, but the book series by caroline cooney is much better.
The book, the face on the milk carton by caroline b conney is amazing. In the face on the milk carton this is what happens to janie johnson, a happy, welladjusted fifteen year old, and her life is never the same. Once i got so into the book, i read pages in two hours, and im eleven. 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. Cooney is the bestselling author of more than thirty young adult books, including the millioncopy plus bestseller, 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. The face on the milk carton is a 1990 novel by caroline b.
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