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"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.
A great bookReviewed by Anonymous, 2005-09-30
It was a good book. Even though it is about bugs, and I hate bugs. But it is still good. It is basicly about a girl who studies bugs and has to watch a boy named, Mitch. The characters are pretty active. They don't really hang about bugs and insects. There's phantom along with the fact that the story tells so much more about science than a regular book. It is a gret book for people who are studying science. This is a popular book and it has many true facts. It will help people undrstand the main idea of science.
Two Thumbs Up In My BookReviewed by Anonymous, 2003-01-18
"The Firebug Connection" is definatley a book that's going to go on my favorite's list. Not only does it teach us many new things in the scientific field, it tells us we can make friends with first- thought foes. Maggie and Mitch are determine to find the answer to the baffeling question that has to do with the wierd non- adult- maturing adolescent firebugs. This book has a lot to do with nature, some of the words in the book are challanging as they were for me. Jean Craighead George is a celebrated author and a great one. She did awesome work on this Eco Mystery!
Does this book bug you?Reviewed by Isabel Harding, 2001-04-12
Mystery and ecology collide--with varying fascinating, tedious, informative, thrilling, and confusing results--in Jean Craighead George's Eco-Mysteries series. The author of JULIE OF THE WOLVES, MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, and nearly one hundred other distinguished nature stories for young readers, Ms. George also wrote four mysteries--WHO REALLY KILLED COCK ROBIN?, THE CASE OF THE MISSING CUTTHROATS, THE MISSING 'GATOR OF GUMBO LIMBO, and this book, THE FIRE BUG CONNECTION. All include details into our environment and the factors that threaten to destroy parts of it. THE FIRE BUG CONNECTION falls a bit short of the other books in its series for a number of reasons. The story concerns a young entomologist named Maggie, and her enemy-turned-partner Mitch, as they try to solve the mystery of the deaths of Maggie's birthday present, a group of radiant fire bugs from the Czech Republic, at Maggie's home in a Maine Biological Research Station--Bug Camp. Mitch is convinced that global warming committed the crimes; Maggie immediately dismisses this idea (I never quite understood why). Acid rain is a factor, too, as well as chemicals that may exist in the paper in the fire bugs' containers, and, finally, the most unusual culprits, a raven and a balsam fir tree. The ending of the story seems overly complicated, but this may not be so for more scientific mature readers who, like Maggie and Mitch, know about the existence of many kinds of chemicals and where they can be found. I found myself concentrating less on the mystery of the destruction of the fire bugs and more on the amusing details around Bug Camp--Maggie's friends: a clan of bats, a wasp, and a spider--and how Mitch ever figured how to get rid of a computer virus without using a special disinfectant program. Anyone who is interested in the tiny but amazing world of insects and other "creepy" but splendid critters like ravens and bats, or anyone whose favorite things in school include science and reading mysteries, will find this book enjoyable, despite its occasional shortcomings.
The Firebug ConnectionReviewed by Anonymous, 2001-03-24
The Firebug Connection is a book that kids like me will probably not get. IT has advanced words and I don't like it. The story plot is not that interesting. It is a mystery and the things that the people think is causing the problem was confusing and not understood by me.
The Firebug Connection: An Ecological MysteryReviewed by Anonymous, 2000-04-01
Maggie Mercer, lover of bugs, bats, and beetles, is very happy with her pet firebugs- until they start exploding! Even more suspicious, only the firebugs in the jars are dying! Who, or what, could possibly be murdering her favorite birthday present? Could it be something she is feeding them? Or something in the glass that the jars are made of? She and Mitch, an annoying yet helpful computer whiz who is staying with her while their parents are on an important scientific exploration, consider everything as a suspect, or at least a clue. This is a wonderful book! It is perfect for anyone who loves nature, and a good mystery,(like me.) If you like this book, then I also recommend,"The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo," or,"Who Really Killed Cock Robin?" some other really good ecological mysteries by Jean Craighead George.
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