Monday, March 30, 2015

The Face On The Milk Carton

In the book, The Face On The Milk Carton, Janie attends school like any other day, she gets nervous in her English class because she had to present her essay to the class, but the lunch bell saved her. So she decides she has 27 minutes to write a much better essay. In lunch, Janie and her friends turn over the milk carton to see who had been kidnapped. When Janie turns over the carton, she sees a little girl in a dress with a narrow white collar and tiny dark polka dots,  and with her hair in tight ponytails. Janie soon realizes the little girl in the milk carton is her. After school, it’s pouring rain. Her guy friend,  Reeve, offers to take Janie for ice cream, even though lactose intolerant. Janie was feeling dizzy because of what had happened earlier, so Reeve decided to take her home. Once she gets home, she discovers nobody is home, irritated, she runs over to Reeve’s house. “The silence of the house was suddenly unbearable. She leaped from the bed, pounded down the stairs, flung open the side door, and ran over to the Shieldses’ house.” Once there, Janie sees Mrs. Shields is watching Lassie
More to come.. 


Theme-


I think the theme of this book so far is mystery because I think Janie will spend her time through the book searching for her real parents, and answers. Also, in the book it states that, “Or is she my mother? Is she daddy’s second wife? Or is it daddy who is somebody else?” I think though out the book Janie will try and figure out these questions. 

1 comment:

  1. Mystery can be the genre, but it's not a theme. Theme = THE MEssage of the story, or the lesson the author wants you to learn from the characters.

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