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Code Orange — Content Guide for Parents

By Caroline B. CooneyRandom House Children's BooksISBN 9780385732604224 pages
Code Orange

Found in this book

  • ViolenceSupporting
  • Scary contentCentral

Not found

  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Climate
  • Sexual content
  • Gender roles
  • Gender & orientation

Couldn't confirm

  • Profanity
  • Profanity: The sources describe the plot but say nothing about the book's language, and no parents' guide or text search was found.

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Religion

PRESENT

Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

Walking around New York City was what Mitty Blake did best. He loved the city, and even after 9/11, he always felt safe. Mitty was a carefree guy–he didn’t worry about terrorists or blackouts or grades or anything, which is why he was late getting started on his Advanced Bio report.
Mitty does feel a little pressure to hand something in–if he doesn’t, he’ll be switched out of Advanced Bio, which would be unfortunate since Olivia’s in Advanced Bio. So he considers it good luck when he finds some old medical books in his family’s weekend house that focus on something he could write about. But when he discovers an old envelope with two scabs in one of the books, the report is no longer about the grade–it’s about life and death. His own.
This edge-of-your-seat thriller will leave you breathless.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Code Orange appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    In the last part of the book Mitty is hit on the head and kidnapped by terrorists, injured by them, and fights his guards; he then traps them and they die of carbon monoxide poisoning; he also considers suicide to stop an epidemic. This thriller has Mitty fear he has deadly smallpox, then be kidnapped and held in a cellar by terrorists, and a reviewer notes the smallpox symptom descriptions could disturb younger readers.

  • Does Code Orange have violence?

    Found (Supporting): In the last part of the book Mitty is hit on the head and kidnapped by terrorists, injured by them, and fights his guards; he then traps them and they die of carbon monoxide poisoning; he also considers suicide to stop an epidemic.

  • Does Code Orange have scary content?

    Found (Central): This thriller has Mitty fear he has deadly smallpox, then be kidnapped and held in a cellar by terrorists, and a reviewer notes the smallpox symptom descriptions could disturb younger readers.

  • Does Code Orange have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Code Orange have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Code Orange have profanity?

    Couldn't confirm: The sources describe the plot but say nothing about the book's language, and no parents' guide or text search was found.

  • Does Code Orange have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Code Orange have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Code Orange have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Code Orange have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.