Summary Of The Face On The Milk Carton By Caroline B Cooney

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Have you ever seen those pictures of missing children on milk cartons? What if that face was you! The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney is a story about a fifteen year old girl named Janie Johnson. She lived a normal life, had tons of friends, went to school, and had two loving parents. But how loving where they? It was a typical day at school. Janie was sitting with all of her friends at their regular lunch table. She just had a peanut butter sandwich and was looking for something to wash it down. Milk, this was Janie’s favorite drink and it always hits the spot. But that day it did not hit the spot. As a matter of fact it did just the opposite. While Janie was drinking she noticed on one of the sides of her milk carton was a

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