Code Orange

Caroline B. Cooney

Code orange is about a kid named Mitty that doesn't care about school and gets bad grades and his family is rich. His science teacher Mr. Lynch tells Mitty to go to the public library to find a book on diseases. He finds a book on smallpox. Smallpox is an infectious disease caused by two variants, Variola major and Variola minor. He opens the book and finds an envelope. He opens its and finds scabs. He takes them out and looks and smells them. Then he accidentally inhales the scabs.

Mitty runs home scared out of his mind and gets on his computer and starts sending emails to doctors and random people. He gets and email from foreigners that are gonna go kidnap him to spread the virus. Mitty is crapping his pants at these points. Hours later there’s a knock on Mitty’s door. He opens and he is crabbed and put in the car.  What would you have done differently than Mitty’s choices like not caring about school. I personally would have never sent an email.  He should have told an adult.

Please leave your thoughts on what you would do differently in the comments. Thank you.