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The Face on the Milk Carton
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Plot Summary of The Face on the Milk Carton
"Sixteen year old Janie Johnson glanced at the picture on the milk carton and realized the missing girl staring back was HER! She couldn't believe it. Her kind parents would have never kidnapped a child. So began the search for her real parents. Janie was determined to uncover the truth. Were her parents kidnappers? Or was this just some elaborate joke?"
Laura J. Miller, Resident Scholar

"Janie Johnson surprisingly finds her face on a milk carton during lunch one day. In search to find her identity she finds a deep, dark secret."
Megan Goodson, Resident Scholar

"This is a book about Janie who was kidnapped from her family when she was four. "
Arielle Austin, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Face on the Milk Carton
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Plot
Tone of story - very upbeat
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Amnesia story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
The antagonists are: - cults
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Dumb

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Part of a series? Yes
How many deaths? - 0 (not a murder mystery)
Sex Yes
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