The Case of the Firecrackers

by Laurence Yep

Book Overview

Tiger Lil and Lily are ready to save the day Lily's thrilled that she's going to meet television's biggest heartthrob, Clark Tom. But when ex-action star Aunt Tiger Lil takes Lily, Lily's brother,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060244496
• ISBN13: 9780060244491
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

DoodleDot's Review

I have read this book, The Case of the Firecrackers, and I say that overall this is a great book to read. The setting of the book is in Chinatown and the main character is named Lily. Her great-aunt Tiger Lil is a famous actor who goes on a set of a television show and wants to be in it. The star of the show, Clark, gets shot at during one of the scenes by a real gun filled with real bullets! One of the co-stars, who shot at Clark, says that he was framed and didn't know the gun was real, and when his grandfather asks Tiger Lil and Lily to help, they are determined as ever to find out who really did it. This is a great book, because it gives you a good story and also tells some about the Chinese culture. It talks about a Chinese game called Mah-jong. The game is like poker, but instead of cards they play with tiles made from bones. Even though there is only one Chinatown, the areas in Chinatown do differ by dialects. The north part of Chinatown speak with a Cantonese dialect,and the south has a Mardarin dialect. The book also talks about chinese gangs in some particular spots in Chinatown. They usually sell illegal firecrakers. As you can see I've learned a lot. This book has given me a feel about the chinese culture and has taken me through a typical chinese person's life. This book is a fast-paced and kept me on edge from beginning to end. The book has a surprise in every chapter and will definitely surprise you in the end. Usually a book's end isn't very good, but I'm pretty sure readers will be satisfied. If the other books in Laurence Yep's series are as good as this one, I would recommend those and I most absolutely recommend book-lovers to read The Case of the Firecrackers by Laurence Yep.

EXCITING!!!

This novel takes place in Chinatown. It could have happened now, but I don't know when it really did take place. There is this really big TV Star in Chinatown shooting a scene for his show, "East Meets West." In this scene, Clark will act like a mobster is shooting him. The mobster is actually just shooting blanks though. But, somehow they got switched with real bullets. Now everyone around is in danger because the mobster can't tell that he is shooting real bullets. Then, when he does figure it out, no one is hurt but the police are investigating and he might get taken off to jail for something he really didn't mean to do. I thought this book was really exciting and good. It has just the right amount of excitement to make you read on. I had a hard time to put it down in some parts. It was a well-written book. I think it was well written because it was about other cultures and how they can do the same things that we do even if they are 10,000 miles away, and they speak a different language or something like that. This book was kind of like the Hardy Boys because it is so exciting and well written.

Laurence Keeps Chinatown Series Page Turning

In the Chinatown Mysteries series anyone is a suspect. Laurenece Yep makes sure that no one knows who committed the crime until you finish the book. Lily Lew and her aunt Tiger Lil the movie star run into another mystery which includes firecrackers, some danger and a whole lot of dead ends. Time is running out! If you liked the Encyclopedia Brown books when you were younger you will like this series.