Face on the Milk Carton The Face on the Milk Carton, (Paperback)

from Rebprest

This book is listed at 12+. Although it deals with sexuality and should then feel more mature, the main character seems more like a 12 year old than the 15 year old she is. It does have a plot that I think a lot of children could identify with: finding out you're adopted (technically stolen). Who...

from xicanti

A young girl's kinda-boring life gets all to exciting when she sees her own face staring back at her from a milk carton. I must say, this book surprised me. I was expecting something quick and shallow, but Cooney packed an awful lot into this teensy little package. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Coone...

from DeltaQueen50

We've all seen them, the faces of the missing children staring out from grainy pictures, knowing that there is a sad story behind each one. But what if the face of the missing child was your face? In The Face On the Milk Carton this is what happens to Janie Johnson, a happy, well-adjusted fifteen...

from MsLangdon

Mystery MS Cooney, C. (1990). The face on the milk carton. New York: Laurel Leaf. Have you ever recognized a face on a milk carton? Imagine if it were your own. That's what happened to Janie Johnson. She was sitting in the lunch room with her friends when she recognized the little girl with pigta...

from gentlespirit512

Caught the movie version of this last week and went to see how much it cost on Kindle. I got a deal, so decided to reread it for the first time in a really long time. It was one of the most compelling YA reads I remember from my tween years. I don't expect it to read the same as it did then, but ...