Karsyn-Meredith

=Week 3=

Adult: Meredith Johnson Student: Karsyn McCoy Book Title: The Face on the Milk Carton Pages Read- 61- 113

Jannies life has just gotten bad to worse. Janie found a box in the attic that had Hannah on it along with the polka dot dress from the milk carton. Her parents were at work at the time. When her parents got home, Janie asks why there were no pictures of her till she was five. Nervously she asks… "I want to know who Hannah is upstairs in the trunk. I want to know why you won’t let me see my birth certificate." Her parents tell her that they were her grandparents and not her real parents. When Reeve drove her to New Jersey, she had to tell him why he was taking her there. Reeve seemed not take the thought very seriously at all. He thought she was crazy. He drives her anyway. They got to the house and there they were all red heads. Her mom and her brothers were all red heads. Janie shocked, she did not want them to be her family or have the feeling that she had another family. Reeve and Janie got a room in a motel before they went home. But Janie the more she thought about it she couldn’t. She wanted the first time to be with him and he wanted her. But it was time to face the parents when they returned home and that was enough to handle. They soon arrived home with not so happy parents.

I think that Reeve and Janie will become more public. Janie’s parents will help her realize the truth. I want Janie to tell them that she thinks she has been taken away since she was a little girl. Most of the truth has now been told, but Janie knows there is still more yet to tell that they seem to be hiding from her. I really love this book. I have always wanted to read it since I’ve been little and I am so glad you chose this book. I can’t wait to know what happens next. Janie is an honest, kind person who thinks she has been kidnapped. Janie wants to think that she hasn't been kidnapped due to how much she loves her family she has only remembered most of her life. Janie has amazing red hair that her friends always seem to make fun of. She is afraid that she will hurt her "parents" or her "real" parents due to what she knows from the information she has gathered. A big decision awaits Janie and I’m not too sure she knows how to handle it or how to answer it. Thank you for complimenting me on Prom. It was so much fun! I loved all of it. I am nervous about graduation also but at the same time very excited. You will love high school and I hope you make the most of it as much as I did.

Meredith! = Week 4 = Adult: Meredith Johnson Book Title: The Face on The Milk Carton Pages Read: 113-184

After Jannie and Reeve returning home from there trip to New Jersey, they return home to four angry faces...the parents. Afterwards the parents start not to trust Jannie and her staying home by herself. Meanwhile at school all of Jannies classmates are begging for details over Reeve and her so called "friendship". In the library studying research through newspaper articles, Janie appears to come across the headline story of when she was kidnapped 12 years before. Afterwards Reeve picks her up at the library where he had followed her and takes her to the soccer field for one of her dads games. They go out for pizza afterwards and thats when Janies mother brings up the thought of taking the family to counseling. Jannies refuses in heat of the question. That night in her room Janie writes a letter expressing all her feelings towards her real family next to the milk carton. Reeve soon becomes frustrated with how this has taken up her whole life and is leaving him out of it. Reeve confronts her about having his sister who is a lawyer come talk to the parents about what has been consuming her whole life. She refuses and they fight about what he had tried doing. Later on, Janie picks up the phone and calls nervously to her parents house phone. When she gets the answering machine she frantically feels as if she had betrayed her parents. After getting in another fight with Reeve over telling the parents the real truth, she storms into the house and tells her parents they have broken up. Everywhere she went she saw Reeve. One day after class she noticed that the letter under the clip in her notebook was missing. The letter she had written for her parents was missing and somewhere throughout the school. Reeve can see Janie running around and he is worried for her so he follows. He apologizes and they make up once again. They go to Jannies house where she tells her parents about the letter. They become worried and believe the only choice they have is to contact the authorities so it is not considered a full time kidnapping. The mother picks up the phone, a crying Janie at her side begging them not to because she was their daughter, dials and when someone on the other end picks up it is attached to Janies ear. Janie soon says.. Hi. its me.. your daughter, Janie.

I would have to say I enjoyed this book a lot. I have always wanted to read it when I was little and I am so happy I finally got to. It had all kinds of twists and turns throughout the story which made me never want to put the book down. The main character, Janie, changes throughout the storie because in the begining she was a type of girl who was quiet and sort of self consicious, but towards the end realizes who she was and the type of person she was becoming. She becomes more courageous towards her feelings and decision as a young girl. The author is trying to express the love between a family. Loving your family is the most important thing in a life. They will always be there for you when they need to and they will always be the ones who don't care if you mess up or not. Janie realized even though they weren't her parents they loved her dearly for who she was, and thats all that really mattered to her. They just wanted the best for her in the end, and thats how parents work for their children. The questions I would have liked to be answered in the end would be... What happens to Janie after that phone call to her real mom? Does she go and meet them? Does she go and live with them? What happens with her and her friends? Reeve? It definely ended as a clincher in the end. I would change the ending by having Janie go to them instead of her mom making her call them and tell them that she was their daughter. Since they had treated Janie like such a daughter I would hope in the end there would be a agreement where Janie would go live with them and see her real parents part time. I know it sounds like a not good ending, but my opinion coming from a highschool teen, it is hard enough adapting to new things, but a new family though? It would be extremely tough. Knowing someone and being used to that would be a lot easier than going to something completely different. I think anyone can read this book. It was so enjoyable and had just the right twists and turns to keep someone interested in the book. Anyone from Junior High to an adult would very much like this book in my opinion. I sure did! :)

I am so glad you picked this book again, Karsyn. I hope you liked it as much as I did. I can't wait to be meeting with you soon and discussing the book. Thank you!

Meredith! = = = = = Week 3 A dult: = Student: Karsyn McCoy Book Title: The Face on the Milk Carton Pages Read 61-113

Jannies life has just gotten way more complicated. This week Janie found a box in the attic that had Hannah on it. Her parents were not around. When her parents got home, she ask them “I want to know why there aren’t any photographs of me until I’m five. Even if you didn’t buy a camera until then, you would have had a baby portrait done. I want to know who Hannah is upstairs in the trunk. I want to know why you won’t let me see my birth certificate.” This was a clincher. When her parents told her that they were her grandparents and not her real parents,that got me. I really thought that she had been kidnapped. But when she was in the trunk she found the dress that was in the milk carton photo. Why? When Reeve drove her to New Jersey, she had to tell him why he was taking her there and Reeve just laughed. He thought she was crazy but did it anyways. They got to the house and there they were all red heads. Her mom, her brothers. She did not want them to be her family. I would feel creeped out if that was happening to me. Reeve and Janie got a room in a motel before they went home. But Janie didn’t want to. She couldn’t. But she wanted her first time to be with him and he wanted her. But it was time to face the parents. But they didn’t have to go inside they all came out. Angry faces.

I think that Reeve and Janie will become more public and Janie’s parents will help her realize the truth but the truth that they think Janie only knows. But I want Janie to tell them that she thinks she has been kidnapped. I really can't wait to finish the book. It is really good. I can't wait to talk to you about what you think about the book. I hope you are injoying it as much as i am.

Jannie is an honest person who thinks she has been kidnapped. Jannie wants to think that she hasn't been kidnapped but really thinks that she is. Jannie has amazing red hair that people make fun of. she just laughs it off. Everyone says that it is a forest and she needs to contain it. Jannie really is an outgoing person but does not want to hurt people's feelings. She is afraid that she will hurt her "parents" or her "real" parents. This is a big decision she has to make and Jannie can't handle the pressure.

I saw you at the prom Saturday and I wanted to let you know that you really looked amazing. The dress was g orgeous. I hope you had fun. I saw your pictures on facebook and they were good. "The Last Dance" was a very good title. I bet that you are going to miss going to prom if you enjoyed it. Graduation is coming up for both of us and I know that it is going to be hard to say good-bye to your friends you have made at Newton High School. It seems to me like you were involed in a lot of actives even if it didn't have to do with sports. You sound very smart from all the things that you have been in.

Sincerely,

Karsyn McCoy

Dear Meredith

This week in the end of the book Jannie and Reeve broke up because the whole thing with New Jersey became a big deal and she was picking New Jersey over him. He finally got tired of it and just ended it all. But this made Jannie really upset. She didn’t want to think about New Jersey and she wanted to think about Reeve because that was the one she loved not New Jersey, but it was all she could think about. Reeve started hanging out with a senior girl who really made Jannie jealous. Jannie wasn’t feeling good one day while she was walking to class and she just collapsed in the middle of the hallway from dizziness. She ended up going to Reeve’s classes instead and got him out of class. She was really dizzy but she knew exactly where he was and he took her out of the class. They ended up getting back together that same day because he still liked her and was sorry. But he had told his sister who was a lawyer about her and New Jersey and ended up going to her parents and they couldn’t believe it. Their little girl kidnapped their little “granddaughter.”

I really enjoyed the book. I want to read the next book __What Ever Happened To Jannie.__ The book just left you hanging at the end. It ended with her calling her real parents. That really surprised me. One question I want answered is “what happened to Jannie and who is she going to pick to live with?” I really wouldn’t change the ending of the book. It leaves the reader wanting to know what happens to her and keeps the reader interested. I hope you enjoyed the book as much as I did.

Sincerely,

Karsyn McCoy