Cooney, Caroline B.: The Face on the Milk Carton

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Das Dokument ist ein Buchbericht über das Buch „The Face on the Milk Carton“ von Caroline B. Cooney. Der Bericht enthält Informationen über die Autorin, einschließlich ihrer Biografie und Karriere, sowie eine Beschreibung der wichtigsten Charaktere des Buches. Die Handlung des Buches dreht sich um Janie Johnson, ein 15-jähriges Mädchen, das durch das Bild eines vermissten Mädchens auf einer Milchpackung erfährt, dass sie möglicherweise entführt wurde. Auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit über ihre Herkunft begibt sich Janie auf eine gefährliche Reise. Andere wichtige Charaktere sind Janies Freund Reeve, ihre beste Freundin Sarah-Charlotte und ihre Eltern Mr. und Mrs. Johnson. Der Bericht gibt einen detaillierten Überblick über die verschiedenen Charaktere und ihre Hintergründe sowie über die Handlung des Buches.
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Book Report The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney The author Caroline Cooney was born in 1947 and grew up in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. An excellent student and ambitious youth, she loved school and was involved in many different activities. By the time she was in tenth grade, Cooney played the piano for musical productions, directed a choir, and had a job as a church organist. Always an avid reader, Cooney often read series books such as The Hardy Boys and Cherry Ames. These characters had a big influence on her life and in fact, she says Cherry Ames, Student Nurse, was my reason to go to nursing school in Boston later in life. Cooney graduated from Greenwich High School in 1965 and attended various colleges, where she studied music, art, and English. It was in college that she began writing, and discovered a talent and joy in what would become an award-winning writing career. Cooney professes, I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession. I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings. Cooney`s love of writing for young adults is clearly demonstrated in her numerous celebrated novels including: Driver`s Ed (An ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Quick Pick for Young Adults, and a Booklist Editors` Choice), Among Friends (A New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age), Twenty Pageants Later (An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult ...
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