Caroline B. Cooney, Author Pacer Books $14.95 (172p) ISBN 978-0-448-47778-7
Cooney has written a shattering novel about the power of one person to control and tear apart a family. Susan is a high school senior when her older sister Ashley rolls back into townAshley, whose musical success launched her on the road to...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Starfire $3.5 (181p) ISBN 978-0-553-27273-4
Marissa is a counselor because she loves the rituals and camaraderie of summer camp. Violet disdains most camp activities; she has signed on as a counselor solely in the hope of meeting guys. At scenic Camp Menuncheokoguefamiliarly known as ``Camp...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author . Dell/Laurel-Leaf $4.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-440-22798-4
Sixteen-year-old Sophie Olivette's life turns into a soap opera when her father decides to divorce her mother and marry Sophie's sister's college roommate. "Cooney offers lighter fare than her usual thrillers with this...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $16.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-385-31035-2
Readers left on the edge of their seats at the conclusion of The Face on the Milk Carton will race to get their hands on this equally gripping sequel. Janie is an illegally adopted child who discovered the existence of her natural parents 12 years...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $10.95 (210p) ISBN 978-0-385-32174-7
Though narrated in the stylized, spine-tingling voice that has become a Cooney trademark, this tale of time travel and romance lacks the momentum of the author's best work (The Face on the Milk Carton; Driver's Ed). While her decidedly unromantic...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Delacorte Press $15.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-385-32213-3
Readers of Cooney's addictive The Face on the Milk Carton and Whatever Happened to Janie? can start licking their chops. This juicy novel serves up the further life and times of Janie Johnson, who in the previous works learned that she had been...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Scholastic $5.99 (198p) ISBN 978-0-590-22854-1
An American girl living in London loses her younger brother due to a terrorist bombing and seeks revenge. ""Thought-provoking as well as a just plain good read,"" said PW. Ages 12-up. (Nov.)
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $8.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-385-32649-0
Cooney (The Face on the Milk Carton) offers lighter fare than her usual thrillers with this intermittently engaging satire. Sophie Olivette bills her life as a soap opera: ""There are probably many ways to break into soap operas, but one way, Sophie
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Delacorte Press $15.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-385-32611-7
Fans of the series may be reluctant to say good-bye to Janie Johnson, the unwitting kidnap victim whose efforts to deal with the trauma of her belated discovery of the circumstances surrounding her kidnapping have filled three riveting novels (beginn
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-385-32615-5
Based on actual events, this latest offering from the accomplished Cooney (The Face on the Milk Carton; Driver's Ed) is a gripping and thought-provoking account of the 1704 Indian raid on the English settlement of Deerfield, Mass. After their...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Scholastic $2.75 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-41639-9
Set on the coast of Maine, this horror novel is the first of a projected trilogy. Four children--Christine, Anya, Ben and Michael--are attending high school on the mainland. The new principal, Mr. Shevvington, and his toady wife have offered to...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Scholastic $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-40156-2
On the night of the Autumn Leaves Dance, five girls have different hopes or worries: Beth Rose wants, just once, to be beautiful; Anne, gorgeous and popular, is afraid her boyfriend will leave her when he finds out she's pregnant; Emily, who's never
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Starfire $3.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-29685-3
Laura Herrick and her brothers Nicholas and Langan are unprepared for the very texture of their lives to change when their mother--a member of the National Guard--is sent to Saudi Arabia as part of Operation Desert Shield. While Mrs. Herrick is away
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Scholastic $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-40935-3
Those who admire Cooney's deft weaving of plot upon subplot exhibited in her other novelsincluding this book's predecessor, Saturday Nightwill be entertained by this sequel, though not completely satisfied. The five girls who starred in the last...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Scholastic $3.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-47877-9
``Unforgettable'' hardly describes this silly novel by Cooney ( Driver's Ed , reviewed above), although ``unbelievable'' may be apt. Readers first meet a ``breathtakingly beautiful'' 17-year-old girl from a small town just as she arrives in Boston....
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Scholastic $13.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-42552-0
Hallie has spent her senior year in the center of the social whirl, organizing everything: dances, cheerleading, the yearbook and more. Unlike most of her crowd, however, Hallie has never been interested in continuing with school. When autumn comes,
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-07254-9
Nearly all the eighth grade girls are thrilled by the prospect of competing in their school's first beauty pageant. Scottie-Anne, however, whose older sister is a veteran of more than 60 contests, views the proceedings with a somewhat jaded eye. But
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Scholastic $14.95 (201p) ISBN 978-0-590-44465-1
Using her trademark lightning pace, Cooney depicts the drama and human interest inherent in disaster. A full 747 jetliner crashes late one Saturday night in the tiny upstate New York town of Nearing Falls. The rescue crew, including teen ambulance...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Scholastic $26.95 (187p) ISBN 978-0-590-42553-7
Having decided not to go on to college, popular senior Hallie finds her world changing when her friends scatter following graduation. Ages 12-up. (Aug.)
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Scholastic $15.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-590-22853-4
Accomplished storyteller Cooney's (The Face on the Milk Carton) latest thriller combines heartpounding suspense with some sobering reflections on the insular attitude characteristic of many Americans both at home and abroad. Eleven-year-old Billy...
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Caroline B. Cooney. Delacorte, $17.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-385-74206-1
The fifth and final installment of Janie Johnson's story brings the series that started more than two decades ago with The Face on the Milk Carton to a highly gratifying close. Janie—who in high school discovered that the family that raised her was...
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Caroline B. Cooney. Delacorte, $17.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-385-74291-7
Jangling suspense juxtaposed with cozy details of family life keeps thriller master Cooney’s latest zooming along. While spending the summer at their family’s home on the Connecticut River, easy-going 15-year-old Miranda Allerdon and her driven, med-
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Caroline Cooney. Poisoned Pen, $16.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-7282-0515-1
Freddy Bell, the hapless protagonist of this bighearted mystery from Edgar finalist Cooney (Before She Was Helen), has come to Middletown, Conn., to visit his beloved, Alzheimer’s-afflicted grandmother, Cordelia Chase, who resides at Middletown...
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Caroline B. Cooney. Poisoned Pen, $16.99 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-72826-986-3
Kind, quiet Clemmie Lakefield, the protagonist of this uneven mystery from Cooney (Before She Was Helen), is everyone’s friend at the Sun City retirement community—she gives rides, hosts Bible studies, prepares snacks, and provides a shoulder for...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author . WaterBrook $12.99 (228p) ISBN 978-1-4000-7424-2
Evangelical Christian author Davis (Transparent
) has created a sobering yet thoroughly satisfying primer on women's friendships. Davis, vice president of marketing/development for her father, who heads Ravi Zacharias International Ministries,...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author . Delacorte $12.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-385-32773-2
The time-travel series that began with Both Sides of Time
adds another breathlessly romantic whirl through the centuries. Experienced time-traveler and 20th-century high-schooler Annie ventures into New York City to see an exhibit of Egyptian art...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author . Dell/Laurel-Leaf $5.99 (, $5.99 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-440-22772-4
In this fourth book in the series that began with The Face on the Milk Carton, "Cooney remains a master of the gossipy, insider-style narration, and she never tips her hand," wrote PW. "The answer to 'what Janie found' will...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author . Delacorte $15.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-385-72945-1
Cooney (The Ransom of Mercy Carter; The Face on the Milk Carton) turns her considerable talent to a classical subject—the prelude to the Trojan War. The cherished daughter of the chief of a tiny, nameless island in the Aegean, Anaxandra is...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author . Dell/Laurel-Leaf $5.50 (256p) ISBN 978-0-440-22775-5
PW
called this novel based on an actual 1704 Indian raid on the English settlement of Deerfield, Mass., "gripping and thought-provoking." Ages 12-up. (Nov.)
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author . Dell/Laurel-Leaf $5.99 (263p) ISBN 978-0-440-22930-8
At the prelude to the Trojan War, the cherished daughter of the chief of a tiny island is taken hostage. Later she plays a small but crucial role in the first few days of the epic war and makes peace with her stolen identity. In a starred review,...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author . Delacorte $8.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-385-73239-0
"Cooney has explored the many faces of love several times. Here she rolls all her expertise into one book. A thoughtful heroine needs to know how she stacks up in the game of love, and invents a board game called 'Romance,' " wrote
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author . Delacorte $15.95 (200p) ISBN 978-0-385-73259-8
Cooney's (The Face on the Milk Carton
) rat-a-tat delivery and hairpin turns keep the pages turning in this attention-grabbing post-9/11 thriller. Hunting for a topic for his biology research paper on infectious disease, Manhattan private...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author . Delacorte $15.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-385-72944-4
Cooney's (Code Orange
) latest novel accelerates from 0-60 in its first three pages, when Brittany is put in the driver's seat (literally) of a wild scheme masterminded by her normally placid grandmother. Nannie is determined to attend her...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author . Delacorte $15.95 (183p) ISBN 978-0-385-73326-7
Cooney's (Whatever Happened to Janie?
) latest tale starts with a jolt of adrenaline: an unnamed adult takes Michael to the airport, says something so terrible the boy knows "right away that he must not think about it," and drives off,...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author . Scholastic $16.99 (281p) ISBN 978-0-439-71156-2
Cooney (The Face on the Milk Carton
; Code Orange
) fashions a compulsively readable, behind-the-scenes peek into the rise and fall of Lord and Lady Macbeth, told from the points of view of several of the play's minor characters plus a handful...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author . Delacorte $15.99 (228p) ISBN 978-0-385-73261-1
As in her earlier Agent Orange
, Cooney deftly weaves events from the wider world into the warp and woof of everyday upper-middle-class life. High school student Jared Finch is cranky and skeptical when his mother decides to host their church-sponsor
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author . Delacorte $16.99 (213p) ISBN 978-0-385-73448-6
Readers will be unable to put down Cooney's latest thriller. Jack, 15, lives with his two-year-old brother, Tris, and his aunt, while sisters Smithy and Madison are living elsewhere. Taking place on a single day, the novel switches between the...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $13.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-553-05473-6
Cooney, in such books as Among Friends and Saturday Night, has explored the many faces of love several times. Here she rolls all her expertise into one book, with a thoughtful heroine who needs to know how she stacks up in the game of love. Kelly...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Delacorte $16.99 (200p) ISBN 978-0-385-73808-8
A forgotten scandal surfaces when 15-year-old Cathy Ferris, who’s taking an intensive summer Latin class in Greenwich, Conn., is accused by another student, Tommy, of being his long-lost cousin, Murielle Lyman. Murielle’s parents...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Delacorte, $17.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-385-73867-5
Their families may be dissimilar, but 16-year-old first cousins Missy and Claire are all but inseparable and have been for most of their lives. When Missy's teacher encourages the class to think outside the box for a presentation on scientific...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Scholastic $6.99 (201p) ISBN 978-0-590-44479-8
In PW 's words, ``Using her trademark lightning pace, Cooney depicts the drama and human interest inherent in disaster. This story will keep even the least bookish readers glued to their seats.'' Ages 12-up. (Mar.)
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Laurel Leaf Library $6.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-440-21924-8
The sequel to The Face on the Milk Carton explores the trauma of a kidnapped adopted child returned to her birth parents. ``The power and nature of love is wrenchingly illustrated,'' wrote PW in a starred review. Ages 12-up. (Oct.)q
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Laurel Leaf Library $6.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-440-21981-1
""With evocative, vigorous prose,"" Cooney writes of a night of thrill-seeking gone wrong when a young mother dies as a result of a prank by three teenagers. ""As convincing as it is believable,"" praised PW in a starred review. Ages 12-up. (Feb.)
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Scholastic $6.99 (230p) ISBN 978-0-590-98849-0
Alice Robie can't believe it when her straitlaced, divorced father calls her at his apartment and tells her to grab a certain diskette, hop into his prized Corvette and meet him outside town, as fast as she can--never mind that she doesn't have a...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Laurel Leaf Library $6.5 (240p) ISBN 978-0-440-22687-1
Macey senses a connection between a 1959 barn fire and an arsonist's attack on an inner-city church. PW wrote, ""Even though Macey's introduction to prejudice and her unshakable nobility are slightly overdrawn, she remains a sympathetic figure.""...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-05836-9
One can see where Cooney's story is going from its early pages: Shelley, who has been through her parents' divorce and their subsequent remarriages views another, non-divorced family as perfect, before discovering that no one configuration of people
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Caroline B. Cooney, read by Alyssa Bresnahan. Recorded Books, library edition, unabridged, nine CDs, 11 hrs., $77.75 ISBN 978-1-4703-5116-8;
Janie Johnson is a former missing child—her face appeared on the side of milk cartons—who has reformed her life and managed to finally get back on track. However, a true-crime writer wants to dig up the past by helping her solve old mysteries making
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author, Cooney, Author Laurel Leaf Library $6.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-440-21977-4
Janie, the once-kidnapped heroine of The Face on the Milk Carton and Whatever Happened to Janie?, has her past revealed to the public when her boyfriend becomes a college DJ. ""Cooney seems to have a special radar for adolescent longings and...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author, Bullock, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-05853-6
The picture of a missing child printed on a milk carton attracts the attention of 15-year-old Jane Johnson. A glimpse of the girl's polka-dot dress causes memories to surface, and Jane begins to review her past and question her true identity. It is...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author, Christopher, Author Starfire $3.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-28958-9
A milk carton portrait causes a 15-year-old girl to question her true identity; citing the novel's ``strong characterizations and suspenseful, impeccably paced action,'' PW added, ``The roller-coaster ride Jane experiences with her emotions is both...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author, Liska, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $16.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-385-32087-0
A wrenching, breathlessly paced plot and an adrenaline-charged romance make Cooney's ( The Face on the Milk Carton ) latest novel nearly impossible to put down. To high school junior Remy, a late-night sign-stealing expedition seems like an...
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Caroline B. Cooney, Author, Ferris, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-385-32318-5
What does a 1959 barn fire in Macey's affluent Connecticut town have to do with an arsonist's attack on an inner-city church where she and classmates volunteer one day? Nothing, as far as the 15-year-old's friends and family are concerned. But Macey,
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