1. Janie uses the New York Times on microfilm to investigate her abduction that occurred a decade earlier. Choose a trial or topic currently featured on Court TV and find printed news coverage from when the crime or event initially happened. What details are revealed in the original reports compared to those in the court proceedings or TV broadcasts?

2. Read the sequel Whatever Happened to Janie and compare and contrast Janie Johnson from the first novel with Jennie Spring in the second. Which character do you find more likeable and why?

3. In the final pages of The Face on the Milk Carton, Frank Johnson states that "not everything ends happily." How does this prediction hold true for both families in Whatever Happened to Janie? Discuss specific individuals from each family to illustrate this point.

4. Read the concluding novel in the trilogy, The Voice on the Radio, and analyze how Reeve has evolved. Does he take responsibility for his actions? Provide a detailed explanation.

5. Read Cooney's historical time-travel fantasy Both Sides of Time and compare Annie Lockwood's experiences in the late 1890s with Janie's adventures.

6. Read either Zilpha Snyder's The Changeling or Eloise McGraw's The Moorchild and discuss how Ivy or Moql handle and adapt to being different in their communities. How do their personalities and sense of identity compare to Janie's?