The Voice on the Radio (1996) (edit title/settings)

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• Janie: The main character. The 16 year old who found out (in the first book) that she was kidnapped. Her struggle for answers continues...
• Reeve: Janie's boyfriend who has begun his first year of college.
• Jodie: Janie's sister from the Spring family who helps her through the trauma of what Reeve did to her.
• Brian: One of Janie's twin brother - he is more interested in books than in athletcs
• Vinnie: College radio station manager
• Stephen: The oldest child in the Spring family; he has always fought against the anger that has consumed him since Janie's kidnapping became a dominant force in their family.
• Derek Himself: Announcer on college radio station who becomes the lead-in for Reeve once Reeve's show becomes popular
• Brendan: Brian's twin brother who gets consumed in his sports and doesn't pay much attention to the intense drama going on within the family.
• Sarah-charlotte: Janie's best/closest friend.
• Hannah: The troubled teen who originally kidnapped Janie - she is the Johnsons' real daughter
• Lizzie: Reeve's sister who happens to be a lawyer.
• Jennie: Add a description of this character.
• Janie Johnson: The protagonist - she was kidnapped at age three and is becoming more comfortable with her birth family
• Pammy: Reeve's roommate's girlfriend.
• Heather: Reeve's brother's fiance.
• Tyler: Reeve's roommate.
• Virmie
• Mrs. Spring: Janie's birth mother.
• Van

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• Boston
• New Jersey
• Connecticut
• Colorado

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• Cult: Hannah

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Preceded by Whatever Happened to Janie?, and followed by What Janie Found.

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1. Caroline B. Cooney (Author)

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• Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Social Situations › Emotions & Feelings › Fiction
• Books › Teens › Authors, A-Z › ( C ) › Cooney, Caroline B.
• Books › Teens › Social Issues
• Books › Children's Books › Literature
• Books › Children's Books › Issues
• Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction

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