The Voice on the Radio (The Face on the Milk Carton Series)

Note: The zeros were cast by a troll and her gang, not real and decent people, and are against me personally and not the book or the review!"The Voice on the Radio" is the third novel in "The Face on the Milk Carton" series, adding to the saga of Janie Johnson, kidnapped victim who discovers her true identity when she sees her "Missing child" face on a milk carton.While the first two books focus on Janie, born Jennie Spring, this one takes the reader into the mind of Reeve Shields, Janie's handsome boyfriend, childhood friend and neighbor. He was her Shoulder during the entire discovery process. He is the only one who knows the story as thoroughly as Janie.Janie was kidnapped when she was three and grew up with a different set of parents, whom she loves dearly. Discovering she was kidnapped was traumatic, to say the least. The first two books detail the difficult process of learning to accept her biological family as well as the people she calls her parents.POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT:In this book Reeve goes to college and discovers his talent with a microphone at his college radio station. He has a radio voice. On his first gig, he cannot think of a thing to talk about, then, in panic, begins Janie's story. He discovers to his amazement that he is a natural storyteller.His first installment of Janie's story produces eleven calls of interest. Not the usual crank calls, but real calls. Then twice weekly he adds another tantalizing bit of Janie's story. Now listeners refer to them as janies. Will Reeve do another janie tonight? For the first time the station has a large base of listeners.Reeve knows he has betrayed Janie's confidence. He has betrayed Janie herself, the girl who means the world to him, but the lure of sirens drives him on.[Note: While it may seem I have given away important points of the story, the previous three paragraphs don't say much more than what is printed on the back cover.]I originally intended to give "The Voice" four stars until I wrote the review and realized that this book adds as much to the story as the other two. Often when a novel ends, the reader is left wondering what happens next. "The Voice" continues the story and answers that question. Well, this is what happens next and it isn't pretty.Two very important decisions end this installment. Now what happens next? What Janie Found concludes the Milk Carton series. What WILL Janie find?

My 12 year old loves this series and can’t put it down

I would say the 3rd and 4th books of this series really feel like side stories/updates, and I'm perfectly content with that! We've got a solid plot device to bring out some more of those emotional battles, and some great exploration of a tortured family dynamic. It's entertaining, moving, and great to enjoy from time to time. Well worth the read!

I bought the first one - "The Face on the Milkcarton" - because it was such an interesting and unique story line. I continue to enjoy the books; Cooney's characters are not one dimensional. Good series, easy reads.

I understand that Ms. Cooney cut up whatwould be a really awesome novel, into several shorter novels in order to maximize profit. The story would have been much better as a whole. I probably won't purchase any more of Ms. Cooney books when I finish this series. I don't think this writing device is very honest, and I won't reward it by purchasing more of her books.

Great series. My 13 yr old liked it as well as myself!

Absolutely loved the book, I had only read the first and I couldnt put it down and left me wanting more so i had to buy the series.

My 14 year old daugher went to a huge used book sale and found one of the books in this series for $1. While on vacation the next week, she bought all of the other books (4, I believe) in the series for her Kindle and read them all during that week.

Janie has to deal with Reeve's infidelity on the radio. Will it break them? Will Janie learn to forgive him? The story just keeps getting better and better...

Excellent speedy service and book as described

This book is more of a short read, as I read it in an afternoon. Janine is a teenager that was kidnapped aged three whilst shopping with her mother, brothers and sister. Aged 15 Janine sees a picture of herself as a small child on the side of a milk carton with caption of have you seen this child, Janine is then torn between two sets of parents not knowing who she should live and stay loyal too, at a time of emotional change in her teenage years. The first half of this story was in a separate book, called "Whatever happened to Janine" and The Voice on the Radio continued the story of her emotional growth. And coping with two separate families. Neither book took long to read but were very enjoyable.

A great book, good for inexperienced readers. Janie has a secound shocking experience. The person she trusts the most betrays her. If you have read the face on the milk carton you'll love this one too.