This is my thirteenth book from the popsugar 2015 reading challenge list a book set in high school. 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. This straightforward approach allows cooney to focus on janie, to give the reader access to janies thoughts, and to provide glimpses of the flashbacks that occur in janies mind as she remembers her life before the age of three. This study guide consists of approximately 37 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your.
The face on the milk carton janie johnson series plugged in. The face on the milk carton janie johnson book 1 kindle. The face on the milk carton 1990, a young adult novel by caroline b. Early in the novel the face on the milk carton, by caroline b. The janie johnson series is a five book series by caroline b. The face on the milk carton is a pageturner i read it in two hours. In fact, she was stolen from her birth family the springs in early childhood and the springs want her back. Same hair, same face, and janie remembers the dress in the picture but. Although it is lizzie who, along with reeve and janie, tells the johnsons the entire story, it is janie who places the phone call to the springs that ends the novel. Free the face on the milk carton study unit worksheets for teachers to print. I am doing this project for my banned book and censorship class.
Character analysis, abecedary chart, book cover, comic book page, journal entries, main characte. So this book is not really moving along, so its hard to analyze. No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. The face on the milk carton tv movie 1995 the face on. Oct 10, 2007 no one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. Can someone please write a summary about the face on the milk carton. This detailed literature summary also contains related titles and a free quiz on the face on the milk carton by caroline b. I am on the last page of the book, the face on the milk carton. The face on the milk carton is a young adult novel written by author caroline b. The face on the milk carton book summary and study guide. 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.
Its a good movie, but the book series by caroline cooney is much better. Chapter 45 okay, im getting sick of trying to be organized. The face on the milk carton 1995 the face on the milk carton 1995 the face on the. After a series of child abductions in the midwest in the 1980s, an iowa dairy put pictures of missing children on milk cartons. Recorded books is proud to offer an unabridged recording of this riveting story that takes on new drama and urgency through alyssa bresnahans stirring. In fact, he would prefer that she never grew up at all. The warining your face will end up on a milk carton.
Start your 48hour free trial to unlock this the face on the milk carton study guide and get instant access to. 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. Janie is a fifteenyearold girl with red curly hair, is shy and wishes she were named jayne johnstone. The face on the milk carton is about a young girl who starts out with an ordinary day at school. Cooney, went on to become the first book in a series of six novels about the main. The face on the milk carton grows up in 1990, the face on the milk carton was published by bantam doubleday dell books for young readers. The books titles are the face on the milk carton 1990, whatever happened to janie. However i did have some questions while reading this book. During school lunch one day, she sees a picture of a missing girl on a milk carton. I really want to read this book i think it seems really cool ad will find this book and will read it. Janie is a typical teenager who is getting excited about finally getting her license to drive. Her worlde gets turned upside down, however when she is in the lunchroom one day and sees a familiar face on the back of a milk carton, her own. Janie is mostly the main character and reeve is another character.
Lifetime movies based on a true story full movie 2017 best movies hight rating playlist. What is the theme of the face on the milk carton answers. The face on the milk carton has been extremely popular ever since it was first released. The face on the milk carton from the janie series, vol. In a novel that never quite lives up to its gripping premise, a highschool student discovers that her muchloved parents may in fact be her kidnappers. It was published in 1990 by dell books for young readers. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Many teen novels touch on similar themes, but few do it so memorably. The face on the milk carton chapter 14 compression. The face on the milk carton tv movie 1995 the face on the.
This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of the face on the milk carton by caroline b. As the face on the milk carton begins, janie johnson is finishing an essay in english class. There are no special flashbacks in the book as the main character janie does not remember what happened to her in the past. All opinions are my own and i am in no way sponsered of affiliated with the publishers. The sentences are pretty short ant not very complicated. Email has eliminated the need for facetoface contact between managers and staff. Kellie martin plays a girl who sees her face a baby photo on the back of a milk carton, and finds out about her mysterious past. Even though she is lactose intolerant, she takes and drinks her friends milk carton.
An irscbc childrens choice book, it also has been made into a frequentlyaired television special. What made it even more exciting is the location, new jersey. During her luch period she takes a sip of her friends milk, as she sets the carton down she looks at the picture of the missing girl on the carton. Before leaving for a road trip with reeve, janie drops her book bag on the floor, exposing the milk. Free the face on the milk carton worksheets and literature. The face on the milk carton book summary and study guide caroline b. Cooney losing christina about a young girl named janie johnson who sees her own face on a milk carton and realizes that the people who raised her are not her real parents. When janie johnson glanced at a milk carton, she saw a familiar face her own. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Cooney is the bestselling author of more than thirty young adult books, including the millioncopy plus bestseller, the face on the milk carton. A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads janie on a search for her real identity. The face on the milk carton summary and analysis like. Throughout these five chapters, the idea of getting a drivers. Janies school gets milk from a company that puts photos of missing children on the their milk cartons.
Depending on the study guide provider sparknotes, shmoop, etc. Autumn francia whatever you are wondering about reading this book for on here. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of. In search to find her identity she finds a deep, dark secret. Timeline for janie johnson of the face on the milk carton. Cooneys original plot and satisfying resolution are marred by janes interminably overwrought analysis of her condition, and by a love interest that is more tacked on than intrinsic. I read the book, the face on the milk carton by caroline b. Mystery and suspense blend seamlessly with issues of family, friendship and love to offer an emotionally evocative thrill ride of a read. Cooney tells janie johnsons story from the limited omniscient point of view. They are more mysterious with more attention paid to detail. In 1995, the face on the milk carton was adapted into a tv movie. Cooney, went on to become the first book in a series of six novels about the main character.
Her best friends are sarahcharlotte sherwood and adair odell. The face on the milk carton looks like an ordinary little girl. This roller coaster of suspense leaves readers eager for its sequel. Cooney is about how a girl named janie was stolen when she was three, but she. In 1995, the face on the milk carton was adapted into a tv movie starring kellie martin and sharon lawrence. Order of janie johnson books janie johnson is the lead character in a series of young adult suspense novels by american author caroline b.
The first in the janie johnson series, it was later adapted into a film for television. The setting of the story is mainly focused at janie johnsons school, this is where she figures out that her face is on the milk carton. I always thought of new jersey as a laidback state, but once i. Janie is hurt when she sees reeve at school, and then later driving home with another girl. 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. 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. Mar, 2014 i am on the last page of the book, the face on the milk carton. In 1995, the face on the milk carton was combined with whatever happened to janie. The face on the milk carton quotes showing 110 of 10 she was a mind floating in an ocean of confusion. Mar 24, 2017 lifetime movies based on a true story full movie 2017 best movies hight rating playlist.
Janie johnson is a fictional character in a series of books by author caroline b. In a novel that never quite lives up to its gripping premise. After jane johnson sees what seems to be her own face as a threeyearold displayed on a school lunch carton, she is plunged into a series of flashbacks. When fifteenyearold janie johnson sees her own picture on a carton of milk, she wonders whether her loving parents are actually kidnappers. This straightforward approach allows cooney to focus on janie, to give. Jan 18, 20 the face on the milk carton grows up in 1990, the face on the milk carton was published by bantam doubleday dell books for young readers, introducing 15yearold janie johnson to the world. 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. When she was done, she looked down at the picture of the missing child, and sees a little girl that looks exactly like her. 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 th. Cooneys bestselling janie series beginning with the face on the.
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