The face on the milk carton this was the first slideshow moviemaker ive ever made i love it. The face on the milk carton looks like an ordinary little girl. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. This study guide consists of approximately 37 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the face on the milk carton. In the face on the milk carton, to whom did reeve tell janies story without her permission.
Recorded books is proud to offer an unabridged recording of this riveting story that takes on new drama and urgency through alyssa bresnahans stirring. The sentences are pretty short ant not very complicated. See more ideas about book report projects, teaching reading and reading projects. If you love to read, youll agree with me, as i love to read. Early in the novel the face on the milk carton, by caroline b. Shes very emotional and has a lot of trouble to deal with the unsure fact of being kidnapped. The public library to read the new york times on microfilm.
There are between 1015 thought provoking questions for each chapter. Buy the face on the milk carton by caroline b cooney online at alibris. No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. Welcome to the all new banned library podcast where, like the people that try to ban books, we look at the reasons why books are banned, glance at an internet summary, and then just make some shit up. This is an extensive, 28page study guide of the novel, the face on the milk carton by caroline b. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Her best friends are sarahcharlotte sherwood and adair odell. The first in the janie johnson series, it was later adapted into a film for television.
Free the face on the milk carton study unit worksheets for teachers to print. The climax is the most exciting or substantial turning element of a tale. The face on the milk carton book trailer haley duration. The face on the milk carton janie was just a normal teenager she seen a little girl who looked like her on a missing child milk carton at school. The movie stars kellie martin as janie, a teen who one day sees her own face on the back of a milk carton in an ad for missing children. As i was reading this book i could not help but feel i had seen this somewhere and had a flash back to a younger version of me watching an after school special about this.
Timeline for janie johnson of the face on the milk carton. Listen to the face on the milk carton by caroline b. In the face on the milk carton was published by bantam doubleday dell books for young readers, introducing janie johnson to. According to, in a list of banned books for texas, caroline b. In 1995, the face on the milk carton was adapted into a tv movie starring kellie martin and sharon lawrence. The face on the milk carton homework help questions. No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the. Did you know the face on the milk carton is one of the most challenged books. The jennie springjanie johnson series is a series of a young adult novels written by caroline b. This guide features multilevel questions for each chapter. The face on the milk carton has two main characters. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Janie is a 15yearold girl with long, curly, red hair. There are no special flashbacks in the book as the main character janie does not remember what happened to her in the past.
Listen to face on the milk carton audiobook by caroline b. Welcome to this startling tale of a girl who just wants love, but instead finds success as a super popular milk carton model. This book is listed at number 80 on the most frequently challenged books for 19901999 and at number 29 on the same list for 2000. Chapter 2 janie was shocked because she found out she might be kidnapped. If youre looking for a summary of the entire book, we have an answer to your question already published. In the face on the milk carton, where did janie go to read about her kidnapping when she was three. The face on the milk carton janie johnson book 1 kindle. The book is about a 15yearold girl named janie johnson, who starts to suspect that she may have been kidnapped, and that her biological. She started to think her parents kidnapped her she asked her mom for her birth certificate, but didnt tell her about the milk carton.
She wants to just be janie and have a normal life, but the other side of her is dying. As fifteenyearold janie johnson stares at the milk carton, she feels overcome with shock. Characters in the story summary favorites recommendation janie johnsonjennie spring plays two parts in this story. Only one school challenged this book and it was only for references to sex and very little challenge of authority. Books similar to the face on the milk carton janie. This book is about a girl who saw her face on a milk carton under the missing ad and realizes the parents she knows and loves must not be her parents. Cooneys the face on the milk carton was banned for sexual content and challenge of authority. Book report the face on the milk carton, by caroline b. The face on the milk carton was a quick and good read. Almost anything with peanut butter was excellentpeanut butter and marshmallow fluff. Once i got so into the book, i read pages in two hours, and im eleven. 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.
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. The book is about a 15yearold girl named janie johnson, who starts to suspect that she may have been kidnapped, and that her biological parents are somewhere in new jersey. 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. Janie at first looked like a normal girl her age but after she found her picture on the milk carton her life completely changed. Mystery and suspense blend seamlessly with issues of family, friendship and love to offer an emotionally evocative thrill ride of a read. The face on the milk carton has been extremely popular ever since it was first released. Cooney janie johnson, book i think reading this book was some sort of right of passage when i was a young teen. Cooney is the bestselling author of more than thirty young adult books, including the millioncopy plus bestseller, the face on the milk carton.
Start your 48hour free trial to unlock this the face on the milk carton study guide and get instant access to the following. 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. Janie is mostly the main character and reeve is another character. This is a book about janie who was kidnapped from her family when she was four. In my opinion janie is really responsible and reasonable, a. If youre looking for a summary of the entire book, we have an answer to. Janies school gets milk from a company that puts photos of missing children on the their milk cartons. Cooney, jodi benson, alyssa bresnahan for free with a 30 day free trial. An irscbc childrens choice book, it also has been made into a frequentlyaired television special. It took janie several seconds to realize he was talking about the face on the milk carton.
Janie is a 15 year old girl who has recently discovered she was kidnapped when she was little. The face on the milk carton 1990, a young adult novel by caroline b. My son read this for a book report in the 7th grade. The face the milk carton timeline timetoast timelines. I have read the books the face on the milk carton, the voice on the radio and part of the. Cooney, went on to become the first book in a series of six novels about the main character.
The face on the milk carton is a young adult novel written by author caroline b. When fifteenyearold janie johnson sees her own picture on a carton of milk, she wonders whether her loving parents are actually kidnappers. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Free the face on the milk carton worksheets and literature.
Chapter 3 janie realizes that there is also evidence that she might be kidnapped. The face on the milk carton book summary and study guide. This roller coaster of suspense leaves readers eager for its sequel. The movie follows janie as she unravels the mystery of her. The face the milk carton timeline created by samuelstvn.
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