The Fire Bug Connection: An Ecological Mystery (Eco Mystery) - Softcover

George, Jean Craighead

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064404749 ISBN 13: 9780064404747

Publisher: Trophy Pr, 1995

Synopsis

"When a raven, flies at you, there will, be a murder." That's what Maggie's grandmother once told her, and the longer twelve-year-old Maggie stays with her parents at the Biological Research Station--or Bug Camp, as she calls it--the more she believes it. Soon after a raven's appearance, something strange happens to Maggie's beautiful new fire bugs. Instead of molting into the next stage, the bugs grow grotesquely large and seem to be doomed. Is global warming the culprit? Acid rain? Or...murder? One thing is certain--it's an eco mystery, and Maggie, with the help of Mitch, a young computer whiz, must try to track down the killer.In this environmental whodunit, 12-year-old Maggie can't figure out why her exotic and beautiful new fire bugs are dying so suddenly. Is it global warming, acid rain, or murder? With the help a young computer whiz, Maggie tracks down each ecological clue in a mystery that is ‘fascinating and (especially for budding naturalists) inspiring.''K.

About this title

Synopsis:

Twelve-year-old Maggie receives European fire bugs for her birthday, but when they fail to metamorphose and grow grossly large and explode instead, she us scientific reasoning to determine the cause of their strange death.

About this edition

• Publisher: Trophy Pr
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0064404749
• ISBN 13: 9780064404747
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148