The Treasure of Cabal Island

by Michael Franzese, André Ceolin (Illustrator)

The Treasure of Cabal Island is a children's book written by Michael Franzese. BRAVE Books has partnered with Michael Franzese to write The Treasure of Cabal Island , a children's book that teaches kids about the dangers of greed. Michael Franzese is most known for being a crime boss for the Colombo crime family in the 1980s. With his release from prison in 1994, Franzese left the mob and turned his life around. He has become an actor, a successful Youtuber with over 1 million subscribers, and a motivational speaker.

48 pages, Paperback

Published July 26, 2023

About the author

Michael Franzese (born May 27, 1951) is an American former New York mobster and caporegime of the Colombo crime family, and son of former underboss John Franzese. Franzese was enrolled in a pre-med program at Hofstra University, but dropped out to make money for his family after his father was sentenced to 50 years in prison for bank robbery in 1967. He eventually helped implement a scheme to defraud the federal government out of gasoline taxes in the early 1980s.

By the age of 35, in 1986, Fortune Magazine listed Franzese as number 18 on its list of the "Fifty Most Wealthy and Powerful Mafia Bosses". Franzese had claimed that at the height of his career, he was making up to $8 million per week. In 1986, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on conspiracy charges, released in 1989, rearrested in 1991 for a parole violation, and ultimately released in 1994. Soon after, he retired to California and is now a motivational speaker and writer.

Reviews

[Kirsten · Rating 2 out of 5]

More violence.