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Code Orange, by Caroline B. Cooney
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About the Author
CAROLINE B. COONEY is the bestselling author of many young adult books, including the bestseller, The Face on the Milk Carton, the first volume in the Janie series.
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Chapter OneOn Friday, Mr. Lynch walked around the classroom making sure everybody had written down the due date in their assignment books. Luckily, he started at the far side, giving Mitty Blake time to whisper to his best friend, "Due date for what?""Notes for the term paper," whispered Derek. "The one you've been working on for four weeks?"Mitty hadn't even chosen a topic yet.But Mr. Lynch had been teaching for years. He had encountered many Mittys. So although the paper itself didn't have to be turned in until February 18, on this coming Monday, February 2, each student in advanced biology had to submit an outline, ten pages of notes and a bibliography including four physical books."Books?" said Mitty, stunned. He was sure this had not been mentioned before. "Mr. Lynch, nobody uses books anymore. They're useless, especially in science. Facts change too fast.""Books," repeated Mr. Lynch. "This is to prevent you people from doing a hundred percent of your research online."Mitty had done zero percent anywhere, but he had certainly planned--insofar as Mitty had plans, which he didn't--to do his research online. So he said, "Mr. Lynch, an actual book is out of date before it gets printed. Anyway, a good scientist does laboratory research.""We did laboratory research last fall, Mitty," said Mr. Lynch. "I don't recall that you threw yourself into your project. I recall that you received a passing grade only through the efforts of the rest of your team. A scientist, Mitty, has to be able to dig through the published research of others. A scientist has to grasp the background and history of things. That means books."Mitty was willing to grasp the background and history of rock music. On a slow day, he could listen to Nirvana or Pearl Jam. But the background and history of disease?Because that was the depressing topic of this assignment: infectious disease."Each of you," Mr. Lynch had said, so many weeks ago that Mitty could barely remember it, "will choose an infectious disease of plants, animals or humans. You will study the disease in history and its ancient treatments or lack of them. If the disease has a specific history for us here in New York City--for example, during the yellow fever epidemics of the 1700s, people sometimes died at the rate of three hundred per city block per day--you will cover that. Other sections of your paper: description and course of the disease, current treatments and ongoing research. Finally, if your disease has an application in bioterrorism, you will cover that also."Even Mitty had awakened briefly to the exciting possibility of bioterrorism.Derek of course had wanted to be an exception to the rules. "Can we research bioterrorism only? I want to do anthrax but specifically Ottilie Lundgren, the ninety-four-year-old woman who died of anthrax in 2001 when she opened her mail. She's FBI case number 184. It's impossible for me to use books. No book has been written about her yet. All my research has to be online." Derek warmed to a favorite topic. "I can solve her mystery. I believe everything is online now, every clue I need, and I can nail her murderer.""I would be proud of you," Mr. Lynch had said, without sarcasm, "and you may focus on Ottilie Lundgren, but all that will do is make your paper longer. You still have to include everything I described and you still must have four books. Remember, class, that I too know how to use Amazon.com. I too can pull up a title that looks useful and stick it in a bibliography without actually reading the book. I too can open up the free first chapter and find something to put in my notes. I will know if you actually read a book or if you are cheating."Mr. Lynch was one of the few teachers who admitted that even here at St. Raphael's, a Manhattan prep school for the rich and/or brilliant (Mitty fell into the first category), there was such a thing as cheating. Other teachers skirted this possibility as if it were anthrax-laced mail.Right away, rare cool African diseases like Ebola and Lassa fever had been chosen by eager students. Two other kids also wanted anthrax but promised not to invade Derek's territory by mentioning Ottilie Lundgren. As the days went by, people began discussing their topics with excitement, as if they were genuinely interested. One girl had been allowed to choose Immunization: does it or does it not cause autism? Mitty would get autism just thinking about that. Another girl really did pick a plant disease and was deep into corn blight. Olivia, whom Mitty adored, had chosen typhoid fever and was already so advanced in her research that she was using the library of Columbia University's medical school, because every other library in New York City was too limited. Mitty hadn't been inside any library in the city of New York.As soon as Mr. Lynch finished ranting, Mitty slumped down in his seat. He had perfected the technique of listening to music on his iPod while a teacher talked. It was easy if he wore long sleeves. He kept the iPod in its armband and ran the cord down his arm and into his hand. Cupping the earpiece in his palm, he would rest his head on the same hand and listen to his music. His eyes stayed fixed on his teachers, who tended to be fond of him because he seemed so interested.Mitty's main interest was music. His life plan was to become a rock concert reviewer, the world's best job, and to prepare for this career, he had to buy, listen to and memorize everything out there. He really didn't have time for term papers. He certainly didn't have time for books.Mr. Lynch extended his hand for Mitty's assignment calendar.Every fall, St. Raphael's handed these out.
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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Ember; Reprint edition (June 11, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780307976147
ISBN-13: 978-0307976147
ASIN: 0307976149
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5.6 x 0.5 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
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This was a decent book. Definitely written for a middle school level, and although the story is very intriguing and the idea is unique, the ending was very abrupt and felt rushed. I think that the main character, Mitty, was developed well as a whole. I felt like I got to know him well, but with only 200 pages, the other characters felt pushed aside and very shallow. Other than this, the story kept me reading and I was interested the whole time. I finished it quickly and I enjoyed the reading, right up until the end. I felt like she had a page limit of 200 pages and she realized she had to wrap up the story in 40 pages. The first few chapters were 10-14 pages each, with the last four chapters being 3-4 pages each. The plot twist towards the end was decent, but was fairly obvious coming. The author tried too hard to sell the obvious ending that the twist turned out to be obvious.
Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney is a great book. Mitchell Blake is a below average boy in high school. He has to do a research project on a disease, so he decided to do smallpox, the worst sickness known to mankind. One day he came across a book about all sicknesses with an envelope in it. He opened it, sniffed it in, and put it back. However, he did not know that what he had sniffed in was the last remains of smallpox scabs.He began researching his project and found the most common symptoms of the virus. They matched how he was currently feeling; nauseous, headaches and, most of all, pain. He began to feel uncomfortable, so he emailed a couple of special doctors to see if he was in trouble. His emails were forwarded to many other people and even the FBI! They were also forwarded to a couple of evil terrorists.One day, when he was walking in the park, a van pulled up to him. A woman in it said she was from the CDC and was ready to run some blood tests to see if he had the sickness. He started running away but gave up of tiredness from the smallpox. The woman was actually a terrorist! She and her crew forced him into the van and later into a cellar. There they kept him hostage until they were ready to unleash him.After many days he devised a plan to capture the terrorists. When they were giving him food, he faked having smallpox symptoms. They were kneeling beside him when he took off for the door and shut it. He then turned on a furnace and threw his shirt over it to create carbon monoxide, a deadly yet unscented gas. After a couple hours, Mitchell finally had a chance to call 911. It turned out that Mitchell had not had smallpox. Even though the ending was not very exiting, I still thought this was a great book
This novel attempts to engage the reader with a fascinating what-if scenario of widespread epidemic in New York City. Instead, the reader is subjected to erratically developed narrative and cliche character development. The characterization in the first several chapters is either typical or unnecessary. When the real conflict finally develops two-thirds through the book, it's not even the conflict that the main character suggests will occur. I kept hoping something big would develop, but it just fell so short of my already low expectations. The end was very anticlimactic and even felt rushed. I read a lot of books at this level of reading, but this one is not on par even for that low level. I'm a high school English teacher and I am really sorry that this was the pick for summer reading of incoming sophomores. That's the last time we will let a science teacher choose the novel.
Mitty Blake is a high school student that does not care much for school. He does not even want to be anywhere near a school. He has a huge Science project about an infectious disease. He is away when he finds some scabs. These scabs help him pick his project, Small Pox. He no idea what Small Pox did to people, or even what it is. He inhaled these smallpox scabs; he has no idea if these are infectious or if they are not. He started doing as much research as he could on this topic. The only thing that he found is information about how dangerous the disease is. He does more research and finds nothing else. Mitty is only trying to save his own life. Terrorist kidnapped him when he was walking through New York. What do these terrorist want with him? Will Mitty die of Small Pox?Code Orange is a good book. I give it a 4 out of 5 stars. I thought it was a good book, but not the best book I have ever read. I like how the author did not end the chapters in a boring way; she kind of left it as a cliffhanger for the next chapter. The author made me want to keep reading to find out what would happen. I thought that the author did a very good job describing what was going. The way she included realistic elements in this story was awesome. Bioterrorism is a tough topic to write about and to read about, but this book presented it in an intriguing way. This is one of the better books that I have read this year. The characters in the book are well developed and make the story real. The best character was Mitty. He is a teenage boy that is intelligent, courageous and innovative.
The book is a middle school level book (6th - 7th grade). As a college student, I enjoyed the plot. It is fun, exciting, and full of suspension. The beginning of the book sets the entire story. I was disappointed with the ending, but the rest of the book is very detailed.
Mitty Blake is a carefree hero. He is an average student, likes his parents and sister, and breezes through school with average grades. Everyone likes Mitty. When the terrorists kidnap him to get the smallpox virus scabs to destroy New York City, he uses what he learned from his parents to survive. Kids need to read books about good families and good kids. One of my favorite sections was when his worried sister came home to be with their parents while Mitty missing. A lot of books have single parent households, dysfunctional siblings and emotional problems. Code Orange had a close knit family, siblings who like each other, and an average guy who solved a major problem using his head. Code Orange is my favorite Caroline Cooney book.
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