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Description edit
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 girl who had been kidnapped... read more
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Summary edit
This book is about a young girl who has the perfect family until she looks at a milk carton and see's herself. Than her amazing journey starts. There ls nothing for Janie to wish for but to figure out who her true parents are and whether the boy next is the one for her or not. Read me!
Characters edit
- Janie Johnson: Main character. A teenager with fiery red hair who meets with a very real identity crisis as the novel progresses.
- Reeve Shields: Neighbors with Janie. Janie's boyfriend.
- Mrs Johnson: Janie's mother
- Mr Johnson: the only father Janie's ever known
- Hannah: only known from stories told by Janie's parents; joined cult. lost to her parents forever.
- Sarah-Charlotte: Janie's best friend
- Adair: Janie's friend
- Lizzie: Reeve's sister, a law student, whom Janie's doesn't really like, although she comes to need her help
- Jason: Janie's friend
- Megan: Reeve's sister
- Todd: Reeve's brother
- Pete: Janie's friend
- Michael: Reeve Shields friend
- Jayyne Jonstone: janie had to build up a lot of courage to ask certain people certain things.
- Jessica: Reeves "girlfriend"
- Katrina: Janie's friend
- Michelle: Janie's friend
- Mrs.Spring: Janie's real mother
- Mr.Springs: Janie's real father
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First Sentence edit
Janie finished her essay.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 5 in Janie Series. (standard series)
Followed by Whatever Happened to Janie?.
This is book 80 of 100 in ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 1990-1999. (authoritative list)
This is book 29 of 100 in ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Caroline B. Cooney (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0553058533
Page Count: 184
Publisher: Bantam Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0553058533
Page Count: 184
Awards edit
- Texas Lone Star Reading List (1991)
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Family Life › New Experiences
- Books › Teens › Authors, A-Z › ( C ) › Cooney, Caroline B.
- Books › Teens › Social Issues
- Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction
- Books › Teens › Mysteries
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