Janie Johnson's life is turned upside down when she recognizes her photo in the missing child ad on the back of a carton of milk. She realizes that she's been living a lie for most of her life and that she was kidnapped from her mother as a young girl. After confronting the people she thinks are her parents, she learns the truth. The young adult novel explores the themes of identity as well as the distinction between reality, fantasy and what's perceived as reality.