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The Face on the Milk Carton

by Caroline B. Cooney

A family mystery sparked by a face on a milk carton

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    Praise from Entertainment Weekly

    Attributed critical praise: “It's a gripper. You can't put it down.”

AlbakiReads Editorial

A family mystery sparked by a face on a milk carton

A familiar household object becomes the starting point for Janie Johnson’s unsettling question: why does a missing-child notice show a girl she recognizes as herself? The discovery puts her understanding of her family and her own past in doubt. As Janie tries to piece together what happened, the book combines a missing-child mystery with a teenager’s search for her identity. Its central tension comes from the gap between the loving parents Janie knows and the possibility that her history is not what she believes. The result is a young adult suspense story built around family, memory, and unanswered questions.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in suspense fiction
  • Readers who enjoy mysteries involving family secrets and questions of identity

Themes

Identity and personal historyFamily trustMissing childrenMemory and uncertainty

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Book overview

A psychological thriller about a teenager who sees her own face staring back at her from a missing children's notice on the back of a milk carton. An emotionally evocative and chilling read that seamlessly blends mystery and suspense for fans of A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER and WE WERE LIARS.

"It's a gripper. You can't put it down." --Entertainment Weekly

"A real page-turner." --Kirkus Reviews

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 her. 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?
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