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In the short novel The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney, the main character, Jane Elizabeth Johnson, has a very witty mother who can maneuver around tough situations. Pinchot would think Mrs. Johnson as highly skilled because of the innovative “intrapreneuring” skills she displays to keep her daughter, Janie, in the dark about her true origin. Mrs. Johnson may not work as a full time manager, but she can certainly be resourceful in specific situations. After Janie spies an extremely familiar-looking little girl on a milk carton picture for the missing children ads, she becomes curious about her own life. The carton said the little girl went missing, and had been taken “from a shopping center in New Jersey at age three.” Janie
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