Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney
by Sam Arnold-Boyd on Dec.23, 2008, under Battle of the Books 2007, BookCasts, Mystery, Real life, Student Reviews, Thriller, YRCA
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Who would like this book? This book has a little bit of mystery and suspense. I think it’s good for all ages.
Why? This book is mysterious in some parts, and it’s also suspenseful in other parts. A teenager called Mitty Blake has to do a biology paper on a disease. He chose to do his paper on small pox. Mitty has a friend named Derek who wants to try to figure out a murder that happened a long time ago. Mitty likes this one girl named Olivia. She is really smart. Mitty isn’t as smart as her. Mitty is in advanced biology just because he wanted a class with Olivia. Mitty was trying to act all smart so Olivia could notice him. During the weekends, Mitty’s family goes to their other house out of New York, out in the country. Mitty started his paper on small pox. He found an old book on all kinds of diseases. He looked up small pox. He found an envelope inside the book. The envelope wasn’t sealed. He opened it up. The stuff inside the envelope was small pox scabs. Mitty sneezed and the scabs got all over him. He touched his nose with his hands that had small pox scabs. He cleaned the scabs up and put them back in the envelope. The next day Mitty was at school and did more research on small pox. Mitty was afraid of getting small pox because he touched the small pox scabs and got it all over him. Does Mitty Blake get infected with this small pox disease? Well, I am not going to tell you. Read this book to find out if he does get small pox or if he doesn’t.
The details: 195 p. 2005 Submitted by Elsie
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