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Have you seen a picture on a milk carton and thought what if it was you??? The book “The Face on the Milk carton” written by Caroline B. Cooney. This book has two themes which are things are not always as they seem and the importance of communication between families. I chose to read this book because of the title of the book Which is “The face on the milk carton”. I heard that that back then people who got lost or got kidnapped, the relatives print the picture of the lost person in the milk carton. After reading the back of the book, I became curious about what happened to the main character,Janie.The book falls under the genres of Young adult fiction because it’s fiction book written for teenagers (adults can read it as well) and

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