Some reviewers found it boring, but I will have to say that the elements of mystery and suspense attracted my attention immediately and held my interest throughout. Johnson, whom she loves dearly, her real parents, or are they actually kidnappers? Who is this Hannah? And how is Janie ever going to find out the truth? The Face on the Milk Carton is like somewhat of a psychological thriller for young people. Who is she-Janie Johnson or Jennie Spring? Are Mr. All she sees in an attic trunk pertains to a girl named Hannah, including a dress which looks like the one worn by the girl on the carton. She looks for baby pictures of her, but there are none. She asks about her birth certificate but cannot find it. Janie thinks the picture looks familiar and begins having flash-back memories, wondering if she might be Jennie. One day at school, she finishes Sarah-Charlotte’s carton of milk and notices the picture on it of a girl, Jennie Spring, who had been kidnapped ten or twelve years earlier from a shopping mall in New Jersey. Janie has never had a boyfriend, but she does have a secret crush on Reeve even though he is two years older. Her next door neighbor Reeve Shields, the youngest of four siblings, is a senior in high school and drives a Jeep. Her best friends at school are Sarah-Charlotte Sherwood and Adair O’Dell, but they also hang out with Pete, Jason, and Katrina.
She thinks her name is boring, so she tinkers with it and comes up with Jayyne Johnstone. Fifteen year old Jane (but everyone calls her Janie) is a sophomore in high school and lives with her dad Frank, an accountant and middle school soccer coach, and mom Miranda, a neighborhood volunteer, in a town along the Atlantic Ocean in Connecticut. The Face on the Milk Carton (published in 1990 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY 10036 republished in 1994 by Laurel Leaf Books). No other compensation has been received for the reviews posted on Home School Book Review.įor more information e-mail Caroline B.
Any books donated to Home School Book Review for review purposes are in turn donated to a library. (5 stars=EXCELLENT 4 stars=GOOD 3 stars=FAIR 2 stars=POOR 1 star=VERY POOR no stars=NOT RECOMMENDED)ĭisclosure: Many publishers, literary agents, and/or authors provide free copies of their books in exchange for an honest review without requiring a positive opinion. Recommended reading level: Said to be for ages 12 and up, but I would say 16 and up (1=nothing objectionable 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms 3=some cursing and/or profanity 4=a lot of cursing and/or profanity 5=obscenity and/or vulgarity)
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