Determined to learn how to attract boys, seventh-grader Marci and her friend Pam decide to do a serious study of flirting and keep the results in a notebook.
The mosquito detective tells a cub reporter of his exploits and encounters with such insect notables as Mickey Mantis, F. Flea Bailey, and the Warden of Sting Sting Prison.
An unmanageable, but loveable,eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit, too.