...ditors Choice, Among Friends A Ne York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, Tenty Pageants Later An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, and the time travel novels, Both Sides of Time and Out of Time. She is a master of mixing spellbinding suspense ith thought-provoking insight into teenagers lives. Among Cooneys most popular books are the bestselling novels The Face on the Milk Carton and hatever Happened to Janie. To satisfy the hundreds of fans anting to kno more, Cooney continues Janies captivating story ith, The Voice on the Radio, a gripping novel of betrayal. Being an accomplished riter, author, and mother of three children, Caroline Cooney shares her knoledge and love of riting on visits to schools, libraries and conferences. She lives in estbrook, Connecticut. Characterization of the most important persons Janie Johnson Janie Johnson is a fifteen year-old girl. She is pretty ith a ild, chaotic mane of red curls glinting gold. Janie is in a difficult age. She is searching for her on identity. Janie does not have any brothers and sisters. She ould like to have a boy-friend, but she does not kno ho to find one in the beginning of the book because her parents are very strict. She is not alloed to go out alone in the evening. Janie is a curious girl. She ants to kno everything and to find out everything. On the hole, she lives a happy life ith her parents - until one day! She has a lot of friends and she does not have a lot of problems. Like every teenager, she loves talking on the phone. Later on you realize ho important it is for this girl to find out the truth. She has a special problem ith her identity. She is not just a youngster but she does not really kno ho she is. Reeve Reeve is seventeen years old and Janies neighbor. He goes to the same school as Janie does. He has already his driving licence and he often takes Janie to school or home. He has to older sisters and one older brother. He plays an important role in this book because he becomes Janies boy-friend ho tries to manage her problem. He supports Janie being a very caring person but he has his on opinion. Through the hole book, he knos hat he ants and he knos ho to reach his aim. Reeve likes Janies parents very much. He often has lunch ith her family. He knos Janie and her family for a very long time. Sarah-Charlotte Sarah-Charlotte is in Janies class. She is her best friend. She has hite-blonde hair and according to the descriptions in the book, she is a pretty girl. Like Janie, she loves talking on the phone and her line is often busy. For her, boys play a very important role in her life. She is interested in having a steady relationship ith a boy ho has to be tall, muscular, smart, courteous, and rich. She supports Janie, she is a good friend, but she does not believe everything that other persons - for example Janie - tell her. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are Janies parents. They are very caring parents and they love Janie very much. hen Janie is out, her mother is alays scared. She alays ants to kno here Janie is. She never allos her daughter to go to the shopping mall alone. Her parents both ork during the hole day. Mrs. Johnson orks in a hospital and Mr. Johnson in an office. For them, their daughter is the most important treasure, they give her everything they can, but not enough liberty. They are rather old compared ith other parents of children in Janies age. Summary The Face on the Milk Carton is about a fifteen year-old girl baptized Jane and called Janie. She lives a normal life ith her parents Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. Janie has got a lot of friends, her best friend is Sarah-Charlotte Sherood. For Janie, her neighbor Reeve plays another important role in her life. They kno each other for a long time and their parents are friends, too. The relationship beteen Reeves and Janies parents is almost like a relationship beteen mother, father and children. They kno each other very ell and Reeve often stays at the Johnsons house. Like every normal teenager, Janie goes to school. She goes to the same school as Reeve and so he takes her to school fairly often. Janie ould like to have a boy-friend, she ould like to meet other boys but she is not alloed to because her parents are very careful. Her mother is really scared if Janie stays out longer. Her life is pretty normal till one day. Janie is sitting in the school cafeteria ith her friends Adair, Sarah-Charlotte, Jason, and Pete at the table. They are having lunch together. Janie is very thirsty and even though she has an allergy against milk, she takes a bit of Sarah-Charlottes. This moment changes her life completely. On the milk carton, she sees a little three year-old girl ith hair in tight pigtails, one against each thin cheek. The ords on the carton say this girl is missing for a long time. She ears a dress ith a narro hite collar. Janie believes that it is her on picture on the milk carton. She thinks that she really has recognized her on face in the milk carton. hat had happened, hen she as a kid She does not kno hat to do and hat to say. So she speaks out hat she is thinking. But her friends do not believe her. Jane Johnson has a lovely home and nice parents, too. It cannot be true. Even Janie cannot believe it but she also cannot forget it. She thinks about it all day and all night, too. She cannot sleep because she does not kno the truth but she ants to find it out as soon as possible. The first thing she ants to see is her birth-certificate. She informs her mother that she ill not get her drivers licence ithout the birth-certificate. But her mother cannot give it to her because it is at the bank. Her daughter does not kno hat to believe. In a ay, she distrusts her mother. She has so many questions but she does not kno anybody she could talk to. During the night, Janie often has nightmares and in the day she sometimes has even daydreams. She does not kno ho she is the fifteen year-old Jane Johnson or the fourteen year-old girl Jeannie Spring. hen is her day of birth There is only one person she trusts Reeve. She likes him very much and the relationship beteen the to neighbors starts. Jane tells him the hole story but Reeve does not guess that this story could be true. He knos her parents for a long time and he is sure that her parents never could kidnap a child. hen her parents are out, Jane climbs up to the attic here she finds different things. For example she finds the dress that as printed on the milk carton. Furthermore she finds a picture of a girl called Hannah. ho is Hannah She tells Reeve hat she has found out and his boy-friend telephones his sister Lizzie ho ill be an attorney later on. She knos the Johnsons fairly ell and he is sure that these people never could do such a thing. But she speculates that Hannah could play a role in this case. Janie ants to kno ho Hannah is and she asks her parents. She is really orried about the situation - she is unable to eat. Her parents tell her the s...
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