Other editions of book The Walking Stick

Thirteen-year-old Ripley can't believe his luck when the dock master hands him the knotted, twisted tree branch from among his pile of treasures. Its strange markings appear to be text, but no one knows what they mean.Fashioning it into two walking sticks, Ripley shows them to an eccentric potential buyer only to be harassed later by a local bully who flings one of the sticks into a murky pond. Ripley rushes to save it only to drown.But, as the villagers of Bellowood mourn his loss, Ripley wakes up in a wheat field--in another world.Packed with political upheaval, ancient signs, and mystic portals, The Walking Stick is a thrilling and thought-provoking young adult fantasy that follows Ripley as he tries to navigate the alternate world of Luxor, while hoping to find a way back home to Lydia.

The Walking Stick tells the fascinating tale of two alternate worlds, Lydia and Luxor, and the thirteen-year-old boy who drowned in one and woke up in the other. Ripley opens his to eyes to find himself surrounded by wheat rather than murky, suffocating water. Thankful but confused, he sets out to understand what’s happened only to be accused of trespassing by the wheat farmer’s daughter, Taleera. The locals are soon convinced that Ripley is crazy when he keeps referring to the world as Lydia rather than Luxor. Hoping to find proof of his homeland, Ripley seeks help from a renowned scholar and unexpectedly becomes embroiled in the town’s political power struggle. Meanwhile, back in Lydia, others are trying to make sense of the mysterious walking stick that Ripley fashioned from an ancient tree branch before his tragic disappearance. Can Ripley help the townspeople of Derrybrook win the liberty all humans deserve and still find a way back home to his own people?