What Janie Found

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Caroline B. Cooney

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Random House

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General Fiction

Age Range

12+

Release Date

January 11, 2000

ISBN

0385326114

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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 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.

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The 4th installment in the Janie series

August 29, 2002 (Updated: July 12, 2026)

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Caroline B. Cooney's Janie series is a lot like popcorn or chocolate. Once you've read one of them, you have to read the rest. You just can't help it. "What's happening to Janie now?" you wonder. "Will she ever find out the truth about what happened?"

So when the fourth book arrived on my doorstep, I read it that very day. While I did learn a little bit more about Janie and her situation, I was ultimately a little disappointed. Ms. Cooney's point, perhaps rightly, is that Janie needs to get on with her life and let go of the past.

That's a wonderful lesson and one that I tend to agree with in real life. However, as a reader, I really wanted to know once and for all what happened to Janie and Hannah. Just why did Hannah do it?

In this conclusion to the series, Janie finds out that her Connecticut father may have known more about Hannah (her kidnapper) than he let on. She goes on a quest to locate Hannah and we are with her as she grapples with whether she should continue down that path or not.

She finds strength and comfort in her "real" family, as well as with old friends. Her ongoing and newly re-started romance with Reeve is also explored and will interest readers of the third book, The Voice on the Radio, in which he betrayed her confidence.

I recommend this book to those who have followed the series from the beginning. However, if you're like me at all, prepare to be a little frustrated at the end. Ms. Cooney -- how about just one more chapter, where we get to meet Hannah at last?

Kimberly Pauley Top 10 Reviewer 393 reviews

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Dissappointing End to the Series

October 17, 2010 (Updated: July 12, 2026)

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Reader reviewed by Ruthie

I admit, I was pretty excited to finally finish this series, and not cause I liked it, this series had it's good points but it also had it's obnoxious bad ones. For example a million new points were brought up in this last book and not all of our questions were answered. That really bugged me. The characters didn't make sense at times and the ending was just pitiful. Overall I probably wouldn't recommend these books. they're decent but also a waste of time.

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not so good

July 02, 2007 (Updated: July 12, 2026)

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Reader reviewed by sara

I found this book to be very boring. I loved the face on the milk carton,the other two books were ok but this on just wasn't up to par. I could not even make it through the whole book. I hated how she found out about things,and i hated that her dad had to be in such bad condition in this book. i do not reccomeend this for anyone to read.

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the best to a series

July 02, 2006 (Updated: July 12, 2026)

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Reader reviewed by chick box

in the last 4 books about janie, she discovers one of her dads secrets while sorting through his files because he had a stroke and she has to pay the bills. she finds that her dads been paying heather(her kidnapper) money to support her and that shes in colorado. so janie goes to try and find her.

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