Since he has a biology paper that he has yet to start, he chooses smallpox as the virus that he's going to report about. Mitty goes to his family's country house for the weekend, finds an envelope with scabs from a smallpox patient/victim from the early 1900's in an old medical book, handles them, and then they go home. At first, the story starts outs probably like any ordinary young-adult, sci-fi/virus novel: A lazy teenage boy has a crush on the brainy and beautiful Olivia and has one other friend, Derek. Mitty (Mitchell) Blake lives in Manhattan in an apartment with his parents. Here's a basic summarization of the plot: Grab some popcorn, because this may take a while. Writing a review about how much I just dislike this book. OK, so I had to read this for my Language Arts class and it's probably my least favorite book I've ever to read, so here I am.

Caroline lives in Westbrook, Connecticut and when she's not writing she volunteers at a hospital, plays piano for the school musicals and daydreams! She often organizes what she calls a 'plotting game,' in which students work together to create plots for stories. To keep her stories realistic, Caroline visits many schools outside of her area, learning more about teenagers all the time. 'In a suspense novel, you can count on action.' Suspense novels are her favorites to read and write. She began to sell stories to Seventeen magazine and soon after began writing books. When her children were young, Caroline started writing books for young people - with remarkable results. I started writing then and never stopped!' '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. 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.

Code orange by caroline cooney