The Face on the Milk Carton

The Face on the Milk Carton
ISBN: 9780385742382
Publication Date: 22 May 2012

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 she. 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?

About the Author

Caroline Cooney was born in 1947 in Geneva, NY and grew up in Old Greenwich, CT. As an avid reader in her youth, she was interested in The Hardy Boys and Cherry Ames series; her interest in Cherry Ames later influenced her decision to attend nursing school in Boston. In college, Cooney became interested in writing. She attended several colleges but did not obtain a degree, opting to pursue a career as a writer.