Jennifer sands was the name of the missing girl featured in the 1995 movie, the face on the milk carton. Her parents were speech less when janie said hanna name, they told her about hanna. A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads janie on a search for her real identity. Autumn francia whatever you are wondering about reading this book for on here, goodreads is not an ebook. The book is about a 15yearold girl named janie johnson, who starts to. 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. Some important characters are her parents and her friends reeve and sarahcharlotte.
When johnny went missing, the missing children milk carton campaign did not exist. A girl named jennie spring, with red hair much like her own, was kidnapped twelve years ago. Cooney, went on to become the first book in a series of six novels about the main character. But as janie johnson glanced at the face of the ordinary little girl. Janie wonders if she could be this face on the milk carton when other questions about her own past begin to arise. The face on the milk carton book columbus metropolitan. Early in the novel the face on the milk carton, by caroline b. In the case of bonnie lohman, it was a milk carton that led to the startling discovery. Cooney is about how a girl named janie was stolen when she was three, but she never knew. The face on the milk carton is the first book in caroline b.
You may recall, kellie martin had the starring role. The face on the milk carton is a 1995 made for television movie that is based on caroline b. The face on the milk carton ebook written by caroline b. Then janie found a dress exactly as the little girl on the milk carton. The book, the face on the milk carton by caroline b conney is amazing. The face on the milk carton looks like an ordinary little girl.
But her beloved parents would never kidnap anyone and theres a deeper mystery ahead. She notices the missing person photo on the back of the milk carton and it. Who are the main characters in the book the face on the. While janie is haivng lunch at school that day with her friends. Buy a cheap copy of the face on the milk carton book by caroline b. Bonnie lohman, success story of missing children milk. The face on the milk carton 1995 the face on the milk carton 1995 the face on the. Several years after he disappeared, patz was one of the first children to be profiled on the photo on a milk carton campaigns of the early 1980s. An amnesiac scrooge mcduck goes to a milk carton factory, hoping to see his picture on a carton. 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. But just two years later, another paperboy, eugene, went missing.
The face on the milk carton, whatever happened to janie, the voice on the radio, what janie found and janie face to face caroline b. This month, the final installment in the fivebook series, janie face to face. Girl on the train, and beware that girl, bestselling author caroline cooneys janie. She realizes that she is the child that was abducted 12 years earlier. There are more than three million copies of the janie books in print. Fifteenyearold janie johnson has just finished her essay for mr. The face on the milk carton was written by caroline b. On that day, the concourse was plastered with homemade missing child posters, each with a grainy picture of a very small child, maybe.
Mystery and suspense blend seamlessly with issues of family, friendship and love to offer an emotionally evocative thrill ride of a read. The series focuses on janie johnson, a girl of fifteen years who thought she had a normal life. Digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language english. Iowans johnny gosch and eugene martin were among the first kids to be featured on a missing kids milk carton campaign, thanks to. The face on the milk carton, whatever happened to janie. The missing kids milk carton campaign started in iowa. A local iowa dairy is believed to have come up with the idea to put missing childrens faces on milk cartons, one of the first. In the novel the face on the milk carton by caroline b. In december of 1984, ncsc initiated the first nationally coordinated missing children milk carton program, which within weeks, was implemented by over 700 independent dairies across the nation through the cooperation of milk carton manufacturers, including.
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 1990, a young adult novel by caroline b. When she was done, she looked down at the picture of the missing child, and sees a little girl that looks exactly like her. Bonnie lohman was one rare case that brought success to a highly unsuccessful campaign like the missing child milk carton campaign. Bonnie lohman sees herself on missing child milk carton. The face on the milk carton is the story of a teen age girl who sees her picture on a school milk carton and realizes that she is a missing child that had been kidnapped. A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads janie on a search for her real. Cooney, there is nothing fictitious about the jennifers the national center for missing and exploited children has listed in their national database. The first in the janie johnson series, it was later adapted into a film for television. The girls neighbors recognized her face on a milk carton. The movie stars kellie martin as jennifer sandsjanie jessmon, a 16yearold girl who finds her face on the back of a milk carton and puts the pieces of her past together. 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.
The face on the milk carton is about a young girl who starts out with an ordinary day at school. The practice had begun to fade by the late 1980s and became. The face on the milk carton, first of the janie books, is the book you wonder about. At the end of the book they contact the springs, where she talks to her possible. This book is about a girl who saw her face on a milk carton under the missing. Autumn francia whatever you are wondering about reading this book for on here, goodreads is. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. She begins to have flashbacks and finds the spring family who posted the missing child ad.
But seeing a picture on a milk carton of a young girl with pigtails in a dress who is three years old could that be her. Being ineffective and not performing up to expectations, the campaign had to go through harsh criticisms while it existed. The face on the milk carton janie johnson series plugged in. In an episode of catdog when the two of them dress up as superheroes, cats mask is a milk carton with a missing person on it. Lifetime movies based on a true story full movie 2017 best movies hight rating playlist. The sequel came out three years later, followed by the voice on the radio, what janie found, janie face to face, and what janie saw. The face on the milk carton questions and answers discover the community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you might have on the face on the. In 1983, president ronald reagan designated may 25the anniversary of etans disappearanceas national missing childrens day in the united states. During school lunch one day, she sees a picture of a missing girl on a milk carton. No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. With kellie martin, sharon lawrence, edward herrmann, richard masur. It was the 1980s and sevenyearold bonnie didnt even know what the words missing child meant.
The face on the milk carton is a young adult novel written by author caroline b. The face on the milk carton 1995 a teenage girl sees a photograph of herself one day in the school cafeteria on a missing persons column on the side of a milk carton. Timeline for janie johnson of the face on the milk carton. On that day, the concourse was plastered with homemade missing child. Fifteenyearold janie johnsons life is turned upside down when she notices the picture of a missing girl on the back of a milk carton. The book is about a 15yearold girl named janie johnson, who starts to suspect.
Caroline b cooney a photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads janie on a search for her real identity. The fbi and the new york police department have resumed the search for etan patz, who went missing in 1979 at the age of 6. A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads janie on a search for her real identity notes. 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.
The face on the milk carton janie johnson book 1 and millions of other books are available for instant access. Patz was the first missing child to appear on milk cartons nationwide in the united states, in 1984, as part of a campaign run by the national child. The girl had seen the same milk carton and recognized herself, though she did not independently understand what it meant. Recognizing herself as the missing child on a school milk carton, janie is compelled to investigate and has to choose between her love for the people she has always known as. The original missing boy on the milk carton vocativ. Fifteenyearold janie johnson has a happy life, good friends and loving parents. Janie thought it made cinces but why was she in a milk carton if her mom lefter here. Although she was a fictitious character created by writer caroline b. Her best friends are sarahcharlotte sherwood and adair odell. 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. The face on the milk carton janie johnson book 1 and millions of other books. My name is ava munn, and i will be retelling a book called, the face on the milk carton, by caroline b. Though she adores her parents and doesnt want to upend her comfortable life. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the face on the milk carton.
I think the face on the milk carton tapped into some primal what if sense in me, though i wouldnt have described it as such at the time. No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the. Though she adores her parents and doesnt want to upend her comfortable life, shes no longer sure she can trust the people she believed were her mom and dad. 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.
Until one day, she sees a milk carton that has a girls face and says that she is missing. The face on the milk carton, first of the janie books, is the book you wonder about most. The main character in this book is a 15 year old named janie johnson. Bonnie asked her stepfather who was, in reality, one of her abductors about the picture on the milk carton. A teenage girl sees a photograph of herself one day in the school cafeteria on a missing persons column on the side of a milk carton. When bad news was printed on milk cartons the atlantic. 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. Even though she is lactose intolerant, she takes and drinks her friends milk carton.