Caroline B. Cooney

Although the plot made me raise my eyebrows - she sees a picture of her as a little kid on the milk carton as a "kidnapped" kid - I thought the story and the girl were just annoying.

I didn't understand Janie at all. She was whining and annoying - I have a teenager and she's got such a better head on her shoulders than this girl.

I also didn't understand the characters - Janie and Reeve didn't seem to really like each other and suddenly they do and then suddenly he's yelling at her in the car. Why is he yelling?? I just didn't understand their emotions and why they would suddenly lose it over something or start crying - which makes me think something was missing in the writing.

I thought it was a little convenient, too, the idea of how her kidnapping "might" have happened. And who, their sophmore year, still calls their parents "mommy" and "daddy". That's what I mean, Janie just didn't seem consistent or real, and neither did Reeve - the two main characters.… (more)

The idea of the teen helping the old ladies have one more Reunion is lovely. But the melodrama and the implausibilities are absolutely ridiculous. The girl has had her license just a few days, hasn't driven the highway, learned in an Accord, and now has to immediately go from Connecticut to Long Island in a rented SUV. And there's a truly evil person objecting to the plans. And, though none of the old ladies is actually senile, they're acting like it, having not thought things through at all, and they're physically very fragile. Ok, so they're old, if they don't do this thing cuz they die en route, fine, but to endanger the grand-daughter? Not cool. We really didn't need all that extra bs to have an enjoyable, illuminating inter-generational adventure. Especially the evil son. Just, no.… (more)