Caroline B. Cooney

Author of The Face on the Milk Carton

116+ Works 22,051 Members 503 Reviews 19 Favorited

About the Author

Caroline Cooney was born in 1947 in Geneva, New York. She studied music, art, and English at various colleges, but never graduated. She began writing while in college. Her young adult books include The Face on the Milk Carton, Whatever Happened to Janie?, The Voice on the Radio, What Janie Found, show more No Such Person, and the Cheerleaders Series. She received an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Quick Pick for Young Adults for Driver's Ed and an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers for Twenty Pageants Later. Two of her titles, The Rear View Mirror and The Face on the Milk Cartoon, were made into television movies. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Janie Johnson

Time Travelers

The Vampire's Promise

Works by Caroline B. Cooney

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The Face on the Milk Carton (1990) 3,546 copies

Whatever Happened to Janie? (1993) 1,657 copies

The Voice on the Radio (1996) 1,216 copies

Code Orange (2005) 1,110 copies

What Janie Found (2000) 891 copies

Flight #116 Is Down! (1992) 684 copies

Both Sides of Time (1995) 562 copies

Goddess of Yesterday (2002) 537 copies

Burning Up (1999) 496 copies

Out of Time (1996) 473 copies

Wanted! (1997) 463 copies

Driver's Ed (1996) 459 copies

Enter Three Witches (2007) 397 copies

What Child Is This?: A Christmas Story (1997) 393 copies

Diamonds in the Shadow (2007) 384 copies

The Terrorist (1997) 374 copies

Emergency Room (1994) 372 copies

The Ransom of Mercy Carter (2001) 360 copies

Prisoner of Time (1998) 331 copies

For All Time (2001) 312 copies

If the Witness Lied (2009) 301 copies

Fog (1989) 295 copies

Freeze Tag (1992) 276 copies

Twins (1996) 275 copies

Janie Face to Face (2013) 257 copies

Three Black Swans (2012) 248 copies

Flash Fire (1996) 246 copies

They Never Came Back (2010) 244 copies

Fire (1990) 233 copies

Snow (1990) 221 copies

Deadly Offer (1992) 219 copies

The Stranger (1994) 210 copies

Hush Little Baby (1999) 198 copies

Fatal Bargain (1993) 195 copies

Evil Returns (1992) 182 copies

Fatality (2001) 178 copies

Mummy (1769) 176 copies

The Double Lives of Clementine Lakefield (2020) 173 copies

A Friend at Midnight (2006) 171 copies

Hit the Road (2006) 166 copies

The Perfume (1993) 163 copies

Tune in Anytime (1999) 161 copies

Among Friends (1987) 155 copies

Family Reunion (1989) 150 copies

Both Sides of Time / Out of Time (1995) 128 copies

I'm Going to Give You a Bear Hug! (2016) 127 copies

The Girl Who Invented Romance (1988) 126 copies

The Vampire's Promise Trilogy: Deadly Offer, Evil Returns, and Fatal Bargain (1995) 124 copies

No Such Person (2015) 122 copies

Twenty Pageants Later (1991) 113 copies

The Lost Songs (2011) 79 copies

The Grandmother Plot: A Novel (2021) 57 copies

Saturday Night (1986) 57 copies

The Party's Over (1991) 54 copies

Night School (1996) 52 copies

Losing Christina Collection (2006) 50 copies

Last Dance (1987) 48 copies

What Janie Saw (2012) 47 copies

New Year's Eve (1988) 40 copies

An April Love Story (1981) 40 copies

Unforgettable (1994) 37 copies

Camp Girl-Meets-Boy (1988) 37 copies

Summer Nights (1988) 34 copies

Forbidden (1993) 34 copies

The Rah Rah Girl (1987) 33 copies

The Wrong Good Deed: A Novel (2023) 30 copies

Safe as the Grave (1979) 30 copies

Trying Out (1985) 29 copies

Don't Blame the Music (1986) 28 copies

Rear-View Mirror (1980) 26 copies

Operation Homefront (1992) 25 copies

Camp Reunion! (1988) 23 copies

He Loves Me Not (1982) 22 copies

I'm Not Your Other Half (1984) 21 copies

Nancy and Nick (1982) 21 copies

I'm Going to Give You a Polar Bear Hug (2018) 19 copies

Killer Instinct (2009) 19 copies

Toxic Beauty (2009) 18 copies

Holly in Love (1983) 18 copies

The Personal Touch (1982) 15 copies

Rumors (1985) 15 copies

The Morning After (1985) 13 copies

Saying Yes (1987) 13 copies

Deadly Rumours (2009) — Author — 12 copies

The Bad and the Beautiful (1985) 11 copies

Sand Trap (1983) 11 copies

All the Way (1985) 10 copies

Nice Girls Don't (1746) 9 copies

Point Horror Collection 8: Dead Game, The Stranger, Call Waiting (1996) 7 copies

Ransom of Mercy Carter (2001) 6 copies

The Paper Caper (1981) 6 copies

A Night to Remember (2009) 5 copies

Point Horror Collection 5: The Cemetery, Freeze Tag, The Fever (1994) — Author — 4 copies

Sun, Sea and Boys (1984) 3 copies

Cheerleaders: Summer Special (1989) 3 copies

Le secret de l'auberge (1993) 3 copies

Venin de parfum (1992) 3 copies

Summer Love (1990) 3 copies

Cheerleaders: Bk. 4-6 (1989) 2 copies

A stage set for love (1983) 2 copies

Wrong Good Deed: A Novel (2022) 2 copies

Janie Johnson Series Books 1-4 1 copy

Point Horror: The Caroline B. Cooney Special Edition (1996) 1 copy

"The Fog" and Other Terror Stories: Pack (1995) 1 copy

Familientreffen 1 copy

What Ever Happened to Janie? 1 copy

Suntanned Days (1985) 1 copy

057-JUMELLES -LES (1995) 1 copy

Janie, seit zehn Jahren vermiÃ?t... Roman. ( Die jungen Taschenbücher). 1 copy

Face on the Milk Carton (Janie book 1), The 1 copy

By Caroline B. Cooney - The Perfume (Point Horror) (1993-07-31) [Paperback] 1 copy

Fog: Fog, Snow, and Fire, 1 1 copy

SCAMBIO DI PERSONA 1 copy

Janie Johnson Series Books 1-5 (2015) 1 copy

Den nya flickan (1989) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Thirteen: 13 Tales of Horror by 13 Masters of Horror (1991) — Contributor — 390 copies

The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Contributor — 389 copies

The Face on the Milk Carton [1995 TV movie] (1995) — Original book — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1947-05-10
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Geneva, New York, USA
Old Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Westbrook, Connecticut, USA
Madison, Connecticut, USA
Short biography: This author writes suspense, horror and mystery books for teens.

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Reviews

The Wrong Good Deed: A Novel by Caroline B. Cooney

In 1964, Christaphine is married to Tommy when she discovers that he is planning to commit a horrible crime. She knows that she must stop him, but in doing so, she realizes that she can never return. Now, it is 2014, and Clemmie is pulled out of church by her friend, Muffin. Muffin tells Clemmie that she has seen a man from her past, and it terrifies her.
Clemmie is also running from a secret past, and feels a kinship with Muffin. Clemmie understands what it is to run from your past.

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rmarcin | 3 other reviews | Apr 24, 2024 |

The Face on the Milk Carton (The Face on the Milk… by Caroline B. Cooney

Janie Johnson is sick of being ordinary. She's a 90s kid. When she looks at a milk in the cafeteria, she recognizes herself as a little kid on the carton. Her family has secrets and she's scared to death about what she might uncover. She falls for the boy next door. She keeps the milk carton and a journal. The knowing and wondering tears her apart. She spends a lot of time in tears. The ending comes abruptly leading into the next volume.
Felt like it hasn't aged that well.

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ewyatt | 79 other reviews | Apr 10, 2024 |

Mummy by Caroline B. Cooney

Mystery

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BooksInMirror | 1 other review | Feb 19, 2024 |

Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney

I'm no classicist, but I flatter myself that I know a bit more about ancient Greek history than the average Joe. But Cooney gave me a completely new perspective on the character of Helen, Paris and Menelaus. They became, for want of a better word, believable. As is so often the case, a wonderful book has been relegated to the YA shelves just because the protagonist is a young girl. Don't let that label keep you from reading this excellent tale. [Audiobook note: At first, I thought the narrator's voice was too deep for a young girl's. But once I got used to it, it did not impede my enjoyment. She does a first-rate narration.]… (more)

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Treebeard_404 | 12 other reviews | Jan 23, 2024 |

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