Whatever Happened to Janie? (1993)

by Caroline B. Cooney

Series: Janie Johnson (2)

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The members of two families have their lives disrupted when a teenage girl who had been kidnapped twelve years earlier discovers that the people who raised her are not her biological parents.

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This is the 2nd book in the Janie Johnson series, and I loved it just as much as the 1st! In this book, Janie/Jenny is being forced to cut off ties with the family and friends she has spent her whole life with to move in with her rightful family. As you can assume, things don't go very well. Janie/Jenny does not adjust easily into this new life. I can't wait to read the rest of the series. (

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Continuation of the story begun with The Face on the Milk Carton. This is what happens when Janie goes to live with the Spring family. Janie struggles to adapt to her family. (

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rmarcin | Jan 22, 2019 |

A continuation of The Face on The Milk Carton. Janie has to go live with her "real" family, even though she considers her other parents to be her "real" parents. She has a hard time going from being an only child to being one of five noisy children, all the while missing her boyfriend and other parents. (

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Janie Johnson Series Books 1-5 by Caroline B. Cooney

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Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 1997)

Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 1995)

Iowa Teen Award (Winner – 1996)

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee – Grades 3-8 – 1996)

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee – Middle Grade – 1996)

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Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection – 1994)

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1993

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For Sayre, who knew what happened to Janie.

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After their sister's kidnapping, Dad not only took Stephen and Jodie to school every morning, he held their hands.

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