The Face on the Milk Carton

In the vein of psychological thrillers like We Were Liars and One of Us Is Lying, bestselling and Edgar Award nominated author Caroline Cooney's JANIE series seamlessly blends mystery and suspense with issues of family, friendship and love to offer an emotionally evocative thrill ride of a read.

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 who had been kidnapped twelve years before from a shopping mall in New Jersey--she felt overcome with shock. She recognized that little girl--it was she. How could it possibly be true?

Janie can't believe that her loving parents kidnapped her, but as she begins to piece things together, nothing makes sense. Something is terribly wrong. Are Mr. and Mrs. Johnson really her parents? And if not, who is Janie Johnson, and what really happened?

Author: Caroline B. Cooney
Publisher: Ember
Published: 05/22/2012
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.55w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9780385742382
ISBN10: 038574238X
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Thrillers & Suspense | General
- Young Adult Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Parents

About the Author
CAROLINE B. COONEY is the bestselling author of more than thirty young adult books, including the million-copy plus bestseller, The Face on the Milk Carton. Her newest novel written for adults, Before She Was Helen, has been nominated for the 2021 Edgar Allen Poe Award.