Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney (2005)
Juvenile Fiction | Thriller
Blurb:
“With a school report due, Mitty Blake considers it good luck when he finds some old medical books in his family’s weekend house. However, when he discovers an old envelope in one of the books, the report is no longer about the grade–it’s about life and death.”
–Goodreads
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Mitty is the dumbest kid in the world. He is by far the dumbest kid I’ve ever had the misfortune of reading about in a book. At least he showed some real bravery and smarts in the end. But really, if he wasn’t so dumb in the first place…
…on the upside, I’m sure that if I was in middle school when reading this book it would be amazing, intense, nail-biting, etc.
But I’m not so it was dumb.
*Sigh* I definitely waited a decade too long to finally read this book that I was once so very excited about.
Cheers.
Review originally posted on Goodreads on August 1, 2014
Purchase here: Code Orange
Meet Caroline B. Cooney!
Caroline Cooney knew in sixth grade that she wanted to be a writer when “the best teacher I ever had in my life” made writing her main focus. “He used to rip off covers from The New Yorker and pass them around and make us write a short story on whichever cover we got. I started writing then and never stopped!”
When her children were young, Caroline started writing books for young people — with remarkable results. She began to sell stories to Seventeen magazine and soon after began writing books. Suspense novels are her favorites to read and write. “In a suspense novel, you can count on action.”
To keep her stories realistic, Caroline visits many schools outside of her area, learning more about teenagers all the time. She often organizes what she calls a “plotting game,” in which students work together to create plots for stories. Caroline lives in Westbrook, Connecticut and when she’s not writing she volunteers at a hospital, plays piano for the school musicals and daydreams!
-Goodreads
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