About The Book

The Wooden Box

The story takes place in the lives of two boys who are best friends and happen to live next door to each other. How will the summer vacation be spent this year is the topic of the conversation that Sean O’Malley and Jay Thompson are discussing while walking home from their last day of school. Soon they will learn it’s something bigger than their favorite baseball teams and before they know it, both boys and their families were getting into an airport shuttle headed to the airport.The places they would be going to Sean and Jay thought were only read about in books, but little did they know what was to unfold. The two boys would have never guessed it included a cruise ship, Sean’s sister’s camera, the arcade, an email, and a couple of people they would meet along the way. The journey they were about to embark on would seem like a once in a lifetime experience. As we follow them on their vacation that takes them to foreign countries, they meet new people and learn some things about history as they go. Eventually, they find themselves caught up in the middle of a stolen duffel bag, and a chase of fear with a wooden box, that leads to a murder. So come join Sean and Jay on an adventurous summer vacation they will never forget.