Books from Walden Pond Press

Guys Read: True Stories
By Jon Scieszka
Presents ten true stories that include essays, biographies, and travelogues.
Guys Read: Other Worlds
By Ray Bradbury, Tom Angleberger, D. J. MacHale
An anthology of original science fiction and fantasy stories.
Guys Read: The Sports Pages
By Anne Ursu, Joseph Bruchac, Jacqueline woodson
Ten stories guaranteed to put you in the ring, under the basket, and right behind home plate, from the following perennial all-stars: Dustin Brown James Brown Joseph Bruchac Chris Crutcher Tim Green Dan Gutman Gordon Korman Chris Rylander ...
Guys Read: Heroes & Villains
By Sharon Creech, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Jon Scieszka
Heroes and Villains, the seventh volume in Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read Library of Great Reading, is chock-full of adventure featuring an array of characters—with and without capes.
Sidekicked
By John David Anderson
But this is all before a supervillain long thought dead returns to the city of Justicia, superheroes begin disappearing at an alarming rate, and Drew's two identities threaten to crash head-on into each other.
Posted
By John David Anderson
From John David Anderson, author of the acclaimed Ms. Bixby’s Last Day. In middle school, words aren’t just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words can win you friends or make you enemies.
Guys Read: Heroes & Villains
By Sharon Creech, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Jon Scieszka
Heroes and Villains, the seventh volume in Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read Library of Great Reading, is chock-full of adventure featuring an array of characters—with and without capes.
Guys Read: Terrifying Tales
By R.L. Stine, Michael Buckley, Daniel José Older
Be afraid, be very afraid of Terrifying Tales, the sixth volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading.
The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw
By Christopher Healy
The League of Princes returns in the hilariously epic conclusion to Christopher Healy's hit series, which Kirkus Reviews called "part screwball comedy, part sly wit, and all fun" in a starred review!
Bat and the End of Everything
By Elana K. Arnold
"Bat grows anxious as his third-grade year comes to an end and the time to release his pet skunk, Thor, out into the wild approaches"--
Stowaway
By John David Anderson
To save his father, a Coalition scientist protecting a precious resource, after their ship is attacked, Leo stows away on a strange ship of mercenary space pirates and must decide who to trust- human or alien-to stay alive.
Guys Read: True Stories
By Jon Scieszka
"Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories.
A Perilous Journey of Danger and Mayhem #1: A Dastardly Plot
By Christopher Healy
A rip-roaring, hilarious alternate-history adventure starring the world’s most famous inventors—and its most forgotten. From the author of the beloved Hero’s Guide series, Christopher Healy. It's 1883—the Age of Invention!
Guys Read: True Stories
By T. Edward Nickens, Douglas Florian, Jon Scieszka
Compiled and edited by real-life literature legend Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: True Stories is a mind-blowing collection of essays, biographies, how-to guides, and more, all proving that the truth is most definitely out there.
Codename Zero
By Chris Rylander
From Chris Rylander, author of the breakout hit Fourth Stall saga, comes an incredibly funny and clever mash-up of middle grade school story and spy adventure.
Last Day on Mars
By Kevin Emerson
A fantastic start to an epic new series.” —Soman Chainani, New York Times bestselling author of the School for Good and Evil series “Emerson's writing explodes off the page in this irresistible space adventure, filled with startling ...
The Shadow Cipher
By Laura Ruby
A debut entry in an alternate-history series depicts three kids who try to solve a modern-world puzzle and complete a treasure hunt laid into the streets and buildings of New York City.
Two Truths and a Lie: It's Alive!
By Ammi-Joan Paquette, Laurie Ann Thompson
“Considering the fresh attention being paid to teaching a skeptical approach to information evaluation, this series opener couldn’t be better timed.
A Boy Called Bat
By Elana K. Arnold
For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises--some of them good, some not so good.
The In-Between
By Rebecca K. S. Ansari
So when Cooper learns of an unsolved mystery his sister has discovered online, he welcomes the distraction. It's the tale of a deadly train crash that occurred a hundred years ago, in which one young boy among the dead was never identified.