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Suffering an identity crisis after reuniting with her biological family, Janie realizes that the past twelve years cannot be brought back, and is torn between the Spring family's desire for justice and her love for the Johnsons. She has to face the difficulty of choosing which family to... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Janie Johnson/ Jennie Spring: The main character. Kidnapped at age 3 from a shopping mall.
- Hannah Javenson: Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson (AKA Mr. and Mrs. Javenson). Kidnapper of Jennie Spring. Cult member and generally mixed up person, now missing.
- Jodie: Jodie is Janie/Jennie's older sister.
- Stephen: Stephen is Janie's oldest sibling and is furious with her for leaving the Springs family.
- Reeve: Reeve is Janie/Jennie's boyfriend.
- Mr. Mollison: FBI agent assigned to the original kidnapping case
- Brendan: Brendan is twins with Brian, his brother, and are Janie's brothers.
- Brian: Brian is Brendan's twin.
- Nicole: Add a description of this character.
- Sarah-charlotte: Sarah-Charlotte is Janie's best friend back in Connecticut.
- Mommy: The "mother" who raised Janie from the age of 3
- Miranda Johnson: The "mother" who raised Janie from the age of 3
- Frank: The "father" who raised Janie from age 3
- Luellen
- Jermie
- Chrissy
- Caitlin
- Derek
- Hannah Javensen: Daughter of Miranda and Frank Javensen (Johnson), she is the young woman who originally kidnapped Janie
- Lizzie: Reeve Shields' sister who is in law school
- Paul
Quotes edit
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“He had let her talk, and talk, and talk, when what he wanted to do was to kiss, and kiss, and kiss.”
Jennie -
“Jennie did not loose her parants, she got them back.”
Jodie -
“No one else on erth has two possible answers to that question. Name:_________”
Jennie -
“She stared through the doorway into the kitchen, where there were no eyes.”
Jennie -
“You can't be both. You can't be Jennie spring as well as Janie Johnson. You've chosen Janie. Now be Janie. Be the best Jabe there is, and never, never, never look back.”
Jennie -
“I haven't been a good daughter, and i haven't been a good sister. I just want to go home.”
Jennie -
“Get up, jennie told her self. Go hug them both. These are your mother and father.”
Jennie
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This is why Hannah joined a cult, she thought. Hannah wanted a tow through life. And so do I.
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No boy to swagger down the hall with his arm around her, boasting with his walk that he dated this girl.
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But you don’t need to take revenge on Hannah. Life already has.”
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Janie knew perfectly well what her real mother would say if she had witnessed this scene.
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We have nothing but contempt and scorn for people taking mere French or Spanish.”
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Sometimes, when he was older, and especially after he became taller than his mother, he would put his arms around her and silently hold her, and feel her pain right through the fold of his embrace.
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Mommy and Daddy will shift into the past, she thought. Soon they will be shadows. People I remember in slow moments, or sad times.
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like a door in his face, hitting so hard he should have a bloody nose.
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they were not six people knit close in tight, warm threads of family, but travelers accidentally in the same motel.
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make a basket for the opposition. Twice, leaping, shouting, fist-gesturing
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Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
After their sister's kidnapping, Dad not only took Stephen and Jodie to school every morning, he held their hands.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 4 in Janie Series. (standard series)
Preceded by The Face on the Milk Carton, and followed by The Voice on the Radio.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Caroline B. Cooney (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 1, 1994
ISBN: 0440219248
Page Count: 217
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 1, 1994
ISBN: 0440219248
Page Count: 217
Awards edit
- Iowa Teen Award (1996, #1)
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