The Face on the Milk Carton
Book description
In the vein of psychological thrillers like We Were Liars and One of Us Is Lying, bestselling and Edgar Award nominated author Caroline Cooney’s JANIE series seamlessly blends mystery and suspense with issues of family, friendship and love to offer an emotionally evocative thrill ride of a read.
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1 author picked The Face on the Milk Carton as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I don’t often read YA novels, so I’m grateful to the friend who insisted I read this one.
Imagine picking up a milk carton imprinted with images of missing children—and seeing your own face there. This story is written with a kind of hectic immediacy through the eyes of 15-year-old Janie Johnson, who now must find out who she really is. Confronted, her parents share what they believe to be her story: she is really their grandchild, the child of their long-missing daughter who disappeared into a cult.
As it turns out, even the story within the story offers another…
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