From book 1 description:
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 follow Mogi s unique problem-solving skills along with dangerous clues from history and the land around them to unearth a treasure of unexpected secrets.
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 follow Mogi s unique problem-solving skills along with dangerous clues from history and the land around them to unearth a treasure of unexpected secrets.
From blog post: http://www.donaldwillerton.com/blog/designing-the-mogi-franklin-mystery-series
Could link full blog on this page(?)
I’ll tell you what’s different about The Mogi Franklin Mystery books, how I decided to adopt those differences, and how I conditioned the stories to accommodate those differences. Those differences have made them recognizable and desirable.
Even with no zombies, no dragons, no vampires, no wizards or witches, no superpowers, no fairy tales, no supernaturally-gifted boys or girls, and no monsters, the Mogi Franklin books are not like other juvenile (years 10-14) books, mainly for three reasons: 1) the first chapter is set at some time in the past and relates some historical event that usually ends with an unsolved mystery; 2) somewhere in the last quarter of the book, I return the reader to the time period of Chapter One, just as Mogi and Jennifer are solving the mystery of the past, and continue the story - additional information or action solves the mystery created in Chapter One and confirms the sleuthing of Mogi; and 3) the solving of the historical mystery or event prompts the solving of a present day mystery or crisis in which Mogi and Jennifer had gotten themselves involved.
Could link full blog on this page(?)
I’ll tell you what’s different about The Mogi Franklin Mystery books, how I decided to adopt those differences, and how I conditioned the stories to accommodate those differences. Those differences have made them recognizable and desirable.
Even with no zombies, no dragons, no vampires, no wizards or witches, no superpowers, no fairy tales, no supernaturally-gifted boys or girls, and no monsters, the Mogi Franklin books are not like other juvenile (years 10-14) books, mainly for three reasons: 1) the first chapter is set at some time in the past and relates some historical event that usually ends with an unsolved mystery; 2) somewhere in the last quarter of the book, I return the reader to the time period of Chapter One, just as Mogi and Jennifer are solving the mystery of the past, and continue the story - additional information or action solves the mystery created in Chapter One and confirms the sleuthing of Mogi; and 3) the solving of the historical mystery or event prompts the solving of a present day mystery or crisis in which Mogi and Jennifer had gotten themselves involved.