The Milk Carton Chapter 3 Summary

In the first few chapters of this novel we quickly learn who Janie Johnson is and what kind of circumstances she lives through. In chapter 1 we see how Janie’s parents are very strict with her trough not allowing her to drive. We are also introduced to what is ultimately the object that will create the main conflict in the story, the milk carton. In Janie’s school the milk cartons come printed with the face of a missing kid from years ago. It states that Janie is lactose intolerant, yet at the end of the chapter Janie decides to take Sarah’s, one of her friends, milk to wash down her peanut butter sandwich, this leads to her seeing the picture of the missing kid and it looks just like her. In fact, she remembers taking that picture and wearing

She explains that her parents had told her that they didn’t own a camera until she was five and that’s why; however, this now really makes Janie question their answer. The girl’s name on the milk carton is Jennie Spring which has somewhat mirrors Janie. Towards the end, Janie is decorating cakes with her mom when she has another daydream, this time while writing out “Happy Birthday” on the cake she wondered what date of birth did Jennie have on the milk carton. Chapter 4 shows Janie asking her mom to see her birth certificate; however, her mom makes up multiple excuses for her to not see it. This angers Janie leading her to go see Reeve. There she helps him rake leafs, and asks if he knows whether 800 phone numbers can track down phone calls, this makes Reeve laugh and as we move on to chapter 5 we see them kiss. Janie tries to call the phone number on the milk carton but ultimately fails as she is too scared, she then tries talking to a friend on the phone but knows that that could lead to bad rumors going around. In Chapter 6 Janie and her family meets up with Reeve and his family for a tailgate party. Here Janie and Reeve both finally get the courage flirt with each other publicly. This leads to Janie’s friends asking about their relationship at school, also in Spanish class it’s announced that there will be a winter vacation to Spain. Janie knows that this is the perfect

She thinks about how it covers the part about Hannah good; however, it doesn’t answer all the daydreams/flashbacks that she has a swell as the poka dot dress up in the attic. Since it is raining Reeve takes Janie to school, but on their way there Janie tells him to get on the highway and head to New Jersey; Reeve thinks she is joking but soon sees she is serious and follows her orders. Leading on to chapter 11 the two are headed to Jersey and have been driving for many hours. Janie tells Reeve everything but he doesn’t believe her as it seems contrary to how Reeve has come to see her parents. Janie decides that she wants to go look for the Spring family, so they look for a that family in a phone book. They find and address and head over to it, once they get there a school bus is dropping off kids. Two kids with red hair head over to the address they were looking for, the person who opened the door for them also had red hair just like Janie. They also came across a teenage boy with red hair going in to the same house, now Janie asked Reeve to please take her home as she now didn’t want all this proof to be real. They head home; however, they are met by traffic leading to them thinking about staying at a motel. In chapter 12 Janie explains to Reeve that she can’t have sex with him yet she’s not ready, Reeve understands still making out with her. They leave the motel even though