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May 10, 1947 — —· 79 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · FICTION · CHILDREN

Caroline B. Cooney

Also known as: Caroline Cooney, Caroline Bruce Cooney, Caroline b cooney

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4.0
AVG RATING (86)
5
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Caroline Bruce Cooney was born in Geneva, New York and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. She became interested in writing while still in grade school, and began publishing her stories when her children were young. She has published more than 75 suspense, mystery, and romance novels for teenagers. She currently resides in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

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After their sister's kidnapping, Dad not only took Stephen and Jodie to school every morning, he held their hands.

— from Whatever Happened to Janie?, 1993

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Nancy & Nick

5.0 (1)

Whenever I see a good-looking boy, I am impressed first and embarrassed second. I am never quite sure what embarrasses me, but I start blushing as if I had written about him in my diary and he had just read it.... Nancy has lots of dream dates - but no real ones. She never knows what to say or how to act around boys. But with Nick it's different. The first time they meet, they laugh and talk and joke, but Nick thinks of her as just a friend - and Nancy begins to wonder if all her dates will be dream dates....If only they didn't live so far apart. They never get to see each other. Then Nancy invites Nick to the Final Fling at her school. She's so excited! The last thing she expects is a disaster.... [text from book jacket]

#1

Whatever Happened to Janie?

1993

4.0 (5)

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. The Spring family wants justice, but who is to blame? It's difficult to figure out what's best for everyone.Janie Johnson or Jennie Spring? There's enough love for everyone, but how can the two separate families live happily ever after?From the Hardcover edition.

#3

Enter three witches

4.0 (1)

In this story based on the Shakespeare play, "Macbeth," and set in eleventh-century Scotland, Lady Mary, the fourteen-year-old ward of Lord and Lady Macbeth, is sent to live with Lady Macbeth to learn the ways of nobility, but after Mary's father is hanged as a traitor, her fate is in the hands of her ruthlessly ambitious guardians.

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