The Captain’s Chest
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Donald Willerton
Paperback: Perfect bound, 154 pages , 5.5" x 8.5" ISBN 978-1-948749-02-2 Order this title from your local bookstore. Use this link to find bookstores in your area. Order from Amazon and Barnes & Noble Amazon $14.95 Barnes & Noble $14.95 Ebook coming soon |
About the Mogi Franklin Mysteries
Mogi Franklin is a typical eighth-grader–except for the mysterious things that keep happening in his life. And the adventures they lead to as he and his sister, Jennifer, follow Mogi's unique problem-solving skills–along with dangerous clues from history and the world around them–to unearth a treasure of unexpected secrets.
The Captain’s Chest is the eighth novel in the nine-book Mogi Franklin series of Southwest-based mysteries for middle-grade boys and girls.
Also available:
Ghosts of the San Juan, book 1
The Lost Children, book 2
The Secret of La Rosa, book 3
The Hidden River, book 4
The Lake of Fire, book 5
Outlaw, book 6
The Lady in White, book 7
River of Gold, book 9
Mogi Franklin is a typical eighth-grader–except for the mysterious things that keep happening in his life. And the adventures they lead to as he and his sister, Jennifer, follow Mogi's unique problem-solving skills–along with dangerous clues from history and the world around them–to unearth a treasure of unexpected secrets.
The Captain’s Chest is the eighth novel in the nine-book Mogi Franklin series of Southwest-based mysteries for middle-grade boys and girls.
Also available:
Ghosts of the San Juan, book 1
The Lost Children, book 2
The Secret of La Rosa, book 3
The Hidden River, book 4
The Lake of Fire, book 5
Outlaw, book 6
The Lady in White, book 7
River of Gold, book 9
About the Book
A month in the Caribbean, what could be better? Snorkeling, windsurfing, dreaming about lost treasure from ships sunk centuries ago—it’s all fourteen-year-old Mogi Franklin could hope for. But not everyone on the island of St. John is there to enjoy a tropical paradise. When a friend goes missing, Mogi and his sister, Jennifer, discover a dark mystery connected to an international crime ring. Or do they? Is Mogi just a kid with an overactive imagination, or is local law enforcement blind to a rich developer’s nefarious aims? The stakes are high as a hurricane threatens the island—and Mogi needs to trust his instincts.
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About the Author
Donald Willerton was raised in a small oil boomtown in the Panhandle of Texas, becoming familiar through family vacations with the northern New Mexico area where he now makes his home.
After earning a degree in physics from Midwestern State University in Texas and a master’s in computer science and electrical engineering from the University of New Mexico, he worked for Los Alamos National Laboratory for almost three decades.
During his career there, Willerton was a supercomputer programmer for a number of years and a manager after that for “way too long,” and also worked on information policy and cyber-security.
He finds focusing on only one thing very difficult among such varied interests as home building, climbing Colorado’s tallest peaks, and rafting the rivers of the Southwest (including the Colorado through Grand Canyon). Willerton also has owned a handyman business for a number of years, rebuilt old cars, and made furniture in his woodshop.
He is a wanderer in both mind and body, fascinated with history and its landscape, varied peoples and their cultures, good mysteries, secrets, and seeking out treasure. Most of all, he loves the outdoors and the places he finds in the Southwest where spirits live and ghosts dance. Weaving it all together to share with readers has been the driving force of Willerton’s writing over the past twenty years.
A month in the Caribbean, what could be better? Snorkeling, windsurfing, dreaming about lost treasure from ships sunk centuries ago—it’s all fourteen-year-old Mogi Franklin could hope for. But not everyone on the island of St. John is there to enjoy a tropical paradise. When a friend goes missing, Mogi and his sister, Jennifer, discover a dark mystery connected to an international crime ring. Or do they? Is Mogi just a kid with an overactive imagination, or is local law enforcement blind to a rich developer’s nefarious aims? The stakes are high as a hurricane threatens the island—and Mogi needs to trust his instincts.
Preview
Coming soon!
About the Author
Donald Willerton was raised in a small oil boomtown in the Panhandle of Texas, becoming familiar through family vacations with the northern New Mexico area where he now makes his home.
After earning a degree in physics from Midwestern State University in Texas and a master’s in computer science and electrical engineering from the University of New Mexico, he worked for Los Alamos National Laboratory for almost three decades.
During his career there, Willerton was a supercomputer programmer for a number of years and a manager after that for “way too long,” and also worked on information policy and cyber-security.
He finds focusing on only one thing very difficult among such varied interests as home building, climbing Colorado’s tallest peaks, and rafting the rivers of the Southwest (including the Colorado through Grand Canyon). Willerton also has owned a handyman business for a number of years, rebuilt old cars, and made furniture in his woodshop.
He is a wanderer in both mind and body, fascinated with history and its landscape, varied peoples and their cultures, good mysteries, secrets, and seeking out treasure. Most of all, he loves the outdoors and the places he finds in the Southwest where spirits live and ghosts dance. Weaving it all together to share with readers has been the driving force of Willerton’s writing over the past twenty years.
Praise for The Captain’s Chest
As the story unfolds, Willerton provides generous details about the environment, history, and industry of the Virgin Islands . . . . A quick read with a solid plot.
—Kirkus Reviews
As the story unfolds, Willerton provides generous details about the environment, history, and industry of the Virgin Islands . . . . A quick read with a solid plot.
—Kirkus Reviews