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author spotlight
“What more can life hold, than to know that because of your story, somebody out there has decided to read again!”—Caroline B. Cooney
Caroline B. Cooney's books have recieved several honors, including an IRA–CBC Children's Choice and being named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Award-winning author Caroline B. Cooney knows what young adults like to read. In fact, Cooney’s all-time favorite fan letter came from a 12-year-old girl who hated reading. But after being forced to read one of Cooney’s books, the girl admitted it had not been a waste of time and had even been enjoyable. “And... Read More
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The Face on the Milk Carton
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1991
Price: $6.99
No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the ordinary little girl with her hair in tight pigtails, wearing a dress with a narrow white collar--a three-year-old who had been kidnapped twelve... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1991
Price: $6.99
No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the ordinary little girl with her hair in tight pigtails, wearing a dress with a narrow white collar--a three-year-old who had been kidnapped twelve... Read more >
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Whatever Happened to Janie?
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1994
Price: $6.99
No one ever paid attention to the faces of missing children on milk cartons. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the little girl who had been taken twelve years ago, she recognized that little girl--it was herself.
The mystery of the kidnapping is unraveled, but the nightmare is not over... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1994
Price: $6.99
No one ever paid attention to the faces of missing children on milk cartons. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the little girl who had been taken twelve years ago, she recognized that little girl--it was herself.
The mystery of the kidnapping is unraveled, but the nightmare is not over... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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What Janie Found
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2002
Price: $6.99
Janie’s two families appear to have made peace. Life seems almost normal. She’s 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... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2002
Price: $6.99
Janie’s two families appear to have made peace. Life seems almost normal. She’s 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... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Code Orange
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2007
Price: $6.99
Walking around New York City was what Mitty Blake did best. He loved the city, and even after 9/11, he always felt safe. Mitty was a carefree guy–he didn’t worry about terrorists or blackouts or grades or anything, which is why he was late getting started on his Advanced Bio report.
Mitty... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2007
Price: $6.99
Walking around New York City was what Mitty Blake did best. He loved the city, and even after 9/11, he always felt safe. Mitty was a carefree guy–he didn’t worry about terrorists or blackouts or grades or anything, which is why he was late getting started on his Advanced Bio report.
Mitty... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Voice on the Radio
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: August 10, 1998
Price: $6.99
The Voice on the Radio, now in paperback, is the highly anticipated companion to The Face on the Milk Carton and Whatever Happened to Janie?, by best selling author Caroline B. Cooney:
Janie's life finally seems to be settling down. But she really misses Reeve Shields, her boyfriend who is away at college. Reeve is... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: August 10, 1998
Price: $6.99
The Voice on the Radio, now in paperback, is the highly anticipated companion to The Face on the Milk Carton and Whatever Happened to Janie?, by best selling author Caroline B. Cooney:
Janie's life finally seems to be settling down. But she really misses Reeve Shields, her boyfriend who is away at college. Reeve is... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Goddess of Yesterday
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2003
Price: $6.50
Caroline B. Cooney brings to life this epic tale of one girl’s courage.
At age six Anaxandra is taken by King Nicander to be a companion to his crippled daughter on the island of Siphnos. Anaxandra has adjusted to her new life when, six years later, Siphnos is sacked by pirates, and... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2003
Price: $6.50
Caroline B. Cooney brings to life this epic tale of one girl’s courage.
At age six Anaxandra is taken by King Nicander to be a companion to his crippled daughter on the island of Siphnos. Anaxandra has adjusted to her new life when, six years later, Siphnos is sacked by pirates, and... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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What Child Is This?
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 12, 1999
Price: $5.99
Not everyone is lucky at Christmas. Some people would call 16-year-old Liz Kitchell and her family truly fortunate, but it doens't feel that way to her. It seems that only a miracle can give 8-year-old Katie her holiday wish. She wants a family, something she does not have as a foster... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 12, 1999
Price: $5.99
Not everyone is lucky at Christmas. Some people would call 16-year-old Liz Kitchell and her family truly fortunate, but it doens't feel that way to her. It seems that only a miracle can give 8-year-old Katie her holiday wish. She wants a family, something she does not have as a foster... Read more >
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If the Witness Lied
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $16.99
Choices do matter and forgiveness is possible.
Jack Fountain knows that what’s happened to his family sounds like the most horrible soap opera anyone could ever write. But it happened—to Jack; his parents; his sisters, Smithy and Madison. And to his baby brother, Tris. What made it worse was that the media... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $16.99
Choices do matter and forgiveness is possible.
Jack Fountain knows that what’s happened to his family sounds like the most horrible soap opera anyone could ever write. But it happened—to Jack; his parents; his sisters, Smithy and Madison. And to his baby brother, Tris. What made it worse was that the media... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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Diamonds in the Shadow
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $8.99
THE FINCH FAMILY did not know that five refugees landed from Africa on the day they went to the airport to welcome the family sponsored by their church. The Finch family only knew about the four refugees they were meeting - Andre, Celestine, Mattu, and Alake - mother, father, teenage son... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $8.99
THE FINCH FAMILY did not know that five refugees landed from Africa on the day they went to the airport to welcome the family sponsored by their church. The Finch family only knew about the four refugees they were meeting - Andre, Celestine, Mattu, and Alake - mother, father, teenage son... Read more >
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Goddess of Yesterday
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $8.99
Anaxandra is taken from her birth island at age 6 by King Nicander to be a companion to his crippled daughter, Princess Callisto. Six years later, her new island is sacked by pirates and she is the sole survivor. Alone with only her Medusa figurine, she reinvents herself as Princess Callisto... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $8.99
Anaxandra is taken from her birth island at age 6 by King Nicander to be a companion to his crippled daughter, Princess Callisto. Six years later, her new island is sacked by pirates and she is the sole survivor. Alone with only her Medusa figurine, she reinvents herself as Princess Callisto... Read more >
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Driver's Ed
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1996
Price: $6.99
Driver’s Ed was like so many things in school. If the parents only knew . . . Read more >
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1996
Price: $6.99
Driver’s Ed was like so many things in school. If the parents only knew . . . Read more >
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Burning Up
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2001
Price: $6.50
This bestselling author explores the destructive nature of hatred, the crime of indifference, and the power of accepting love and responsibility.
Fifteen-year-old Macey Clare has always loved her quiet, beautiful Connecticut hometown. It's the place where her grandparents live, the place where her mother grew up. Macey is looking forward to the... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2001
Price: $6.50
This bestselling author explores the destructive nature of hatred, the crime of indifference, and the power of accepting love and responsibility.
Fifteen-year-old Macey Clare has always loved her quiet, beautiful Connecticut hometown. It's the place where her grandparents live, the place where her mother grew up. Macey is looking forward to the... Read more >
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The Face on the Milk Carton
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: April 13, 1996
Price: $15.95
No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the ordinary little girl with her hair in tight pigtails, wearing a dress with a narrow white collar--a three-year-old who had been kidnapped twelve... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: April 13, 1996
Price: $15.95
No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the ordinary little girl with her hair in tight pigtails, wearing a dress with a narrow white collar--a three-year-old who had been kidnapped twelve... Read more >
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Diamonds in the Shadow
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $8.95
A powerful novel about the difficulty of doing what is right.
Through their love for people, yet ignorance of the unknown, the Finch Family has joined alongside their church and opened their home to an African refugee family who are moving to Connecticut. The Amabo family of four– Andre, Celestine, Mattu... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $8.95
A powerful novel about the difficulty of doing what is right.
Through their love for people, yet ignorance of the unknown, the Finch Family has joined alongside their church and opened their home to an African refugee family who are moving to Connecticut. The Amabo family of four– Andre, Celestine, Mattu... Read more >
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The Time Travelers
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $7.50
Imagine changing centuries—and making things worse, not better, on both sides of time.
When 15-year-old Annie Lockwood travels back 100 years and lands in 1895, she at last finds romance. But she is a trespasser in time. Will she choose to stay in the past? And if she does, will she be... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $7.50
Imagine changing centuries—and making things worse, not better, on both sides of time.
When 15-year-old Annie Lockwood travels back 100 years and lands in 1895, she at last finds romance. But she is a trespasser in time. Will she choose to stay in the past? And if she does, will she be... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
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The Ransom of Mercy Carter
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 12, 2002
Price: $6.99
Deerfield, Massachusetts is one of the most remote, and therefore dangerous, settlements in the English colonies. In 1704 an Indian tribe attacks the town, and Mercy Carter becomes separated from the rest of her family, some of whom do not survive. Mercy and hundreds of other settlers are herded together and... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 12, 2002
Price: $6.99
Deerfield, Massachusetts is one of the most remote, and therefore dangerous, settlements in the English colonies. In 1704 an Indian tribe attacks the town, and Mercy Carter becomes separated from the rest of her family, some of whom do not survive. Mercy and hundreds of other settlers are herded together and... Read more >
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The Time Travelers
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $7.99
Imagine changing centuries—and making things worse, not better, on both sides of time.
When 15-year-old Annie Lockwood travels back 100 years and lands in 1895, she at last finds romance. But she is a trespasser in time. Will she choose to stay in the past? And if she does, will she be... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $7.99
Imagine changing centuries—and making things worse, not better, on both sides of time.
When 15-year-old Annie Lockwood travels back 100 years and lands in 1895, she at last finds romance. But she is a trespasser in time. Will she choose to stay in the past? And if she does, will she be... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
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Hit the Road
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $6.50
Brit has had her driver’s license only 11 days when her parents drop her off to stay at her grandmother’s house for two weeks while they go on vacation. Little do they know Brit is headed for a three-state road trip with Nannie to pick up her college roommates, Florence, Aurelia... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $6.50
Brit has had her driver’s license only 11 days when her parents drop her off to stay at her grandmother’s house for two weeks while they go on vacation. Little do they know Brit is headed for a three-state road trip with Nannie to pick up her college roommates, Florence, Aurelia... Read more >
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Both Sides of Time
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1997
Price: $6.50
Imagine changing centuries--and making things worse, not better, on both sides of time.
Imagine being involved in two love triangles in two different centuries. What if, no matter which direction you travel in time, you must abandon someone you love?
Meet 15-year-old Annie Lockwood, a romantic living in the wrong century. When she... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1997
Price: $6.50
Imagine changing centuries--and making things worse, not better, on both sides of time.
Imagine being involved in two love triangles in two different centuries. What if, no matter which direction you travel in time, you must abandon someone you love?
Meet 15-year-old Annie Lockwood, a romantic living in the wrong century. When she... Read more >
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Among Friends
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1988
Price: $6.50
The fall of the Awesome Threesome is the talk of the junior class. The three friends—Jennie, Emily, and Hillary—thought they’d be a trio forever. But what with Jennie’s relentless ambition, Emily’s jealousy, and Hillary’s building resentment, it seems the Awesome Threesome is over. Read more >
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1988
Price: $6.50
The fall of the Awesome Threesome is the talk of the junior class. The three friends—Jennie, Emily, and Hillary—thought they’d be a trio forever. But what with Jennie’s relentless ambition, Emily’s jealousy, and Hillary’s building resentment, it seems the Awesome Threesome is over. Read more >
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Out of Time
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: July 7, 1997
Price: $5.50
Annie Lockwood exists; everyone admits it. Everyone has seen her. But only Strat insists that Miss Lockwood traveled one hundred years back in time to be with them in 1895. Now Strat is paying an enormous price: His father has declared him insane and had him locked away in an asylum... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: July 7, 1997
Price: $5.50
Annie Lockwood exists; everyone admits it. Everyone has seen her. But only Strat insists that Miss Lockwood traveled one hundred years back in time to be with them in 1895. Now Strat is paying an enormous price: His father has declared him insane and had him locked away in an asylum... Read more >
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Prisoner of Time
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 10, 1999
Price: $5.50
Tod Lockwood has never wanted to be anyone's knight in shining armor. In fact, he wants to avoid having anything to do with girls, at least for the present. But that's before Devonny Stratton steps into his life out of the nineteenth century.
As for sixteen-year-old Devonny, she has no plans for marriage until... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 10, 1999
Price: $5.50
Tod Lockwood has never wanted to be anyone's knight in shining armor. In fact, he wants to avoid having anything to do with girls, at least for the present. But that's before Devonny Stratton steps into his life out of the nineteenth century.
As for sixteen-year-old Devonny, she has no plans for marriage until... Read more >
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Diamonds in the Shadow
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $15.99
THE FINCH FAMILY did not know that five refugees landed from Africa on the day they went to the airport to welcome the family sponsored by their church. The Finch family only knew about the four refugees they were meeting - Andre, Celestine, Mattu, and Alake - mother, father, teenage son... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $15.99
THE FINCH FAMILY did not know that five refugees landed from Africa on the day they went to the airport to welcome the family sponsored by their church. The Finch family only knew about the four refugees they were meeting - Andre, Celestine, Mattu, and Alake - mother, father, teenage son... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook,
hardcover,
hardcover library binding,
trade paperback and a
trade paperback.
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A Friend at Midnight
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 19, 2008
Price: $8.99
Lily has settled into life in Connecticut after her parent's divorce but it's been harder on her eight-year-old brother Michael. After their mother remarries, her brother chooses to go live with his father in Washington, D.C., until the day he calls home from the Baltimore-Washington Airport where his father has abandoned... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 19, 2008
Price: $8.99
Lily has settled into life in Connecticut after her parent's divorce but it's been harder on her eight-year-old brother Michael. After their mother remarries, her brother chooses to go live with his father in Washington, D.C., until the day he calls home from the Baltimore-Washington Airport where his father has abandoned... Read more >
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Hit the Road
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2006
Price: $15.95
Brit has had her driver’s license only 11 days when her parents drop her off to stay at her grandmother’s house for two weeks while they go on vacation. Little do they know Brit is headed for a three-state road trip with Nannie to pick up her college roommates, Florence, Aurelia... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2006
Price: $15.95
Brit has had her driver’s license only 11 days when her parents drop her off to stay at her grandmother’s house for two weeks while they go on vacation. Little do they know Brit is headed for a three-state road trip with Nannie to pick up her college roommates, Florence, Aurelia... Read more >
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