What Janie found
Readers rate it 3.4 (18 on Hardcover)
181 pages · Released 2000 · Delacorte Press
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This is the third book in Cooney's Janie series, centered on identity, family loyalty, and moral decision-making rather than external action. A parent's stroke and its aftermath create emotional weight, and Janie faces a significant ethical dilemma about what to reveal. The book rewards honesty, compassion, and maturity while exploring complex family dynamics.
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Janie's two families appear to have made peace. Life seems almost normal. Janie has even decided to speak to her former boyfriend, Reeve, again. But then Janie's Connecticut father suffers a sudden stroke, and this tragedy leaves her mother reeling. Janie must step in to manage family finances and to support her mother... Janie's two families appear to have made peace. Life seems almost normal. Janie has even decided to speak to her former boyfriend, Reeve, again. But then Janie's Connecticut father suffers a sudden stroke, and this tragedy leaves her mother reeling. Janie must step in to manage family finances and to support her mother emotionally. While handling her father's business matters, Janie discovers the one undeniable fact that could destroy both of her beloved families. And she alone must decide what to do.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Mystery
- Kidnapping
- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Parent and child
- Young adult fiction
- Identity (Philosophical concept)
- Identity
- Children's fiction
- Kidnapping, fiction
- Parent and child, fiction
- Identity, fiction
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ISBN 9780440227724 · Delacorte Press