Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780671545574
ISBN number: 0671545574
Label: Pocket Books
Manufacturer: Pocket Books
Quantity: 1
Printing Date: 1984-11
Publishing house: Pocket Books
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 1309864
Studio: Pocket Books
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When I was a kid I loved the movies Escape to Witch Mountain and Return to Witch Mountain. I just came across the book Escape to Witch Mountain at the library and decided to read it. The book was great. I didn't want to put it down. It's hard to find "science fiction" books yesterday that are not scary. My 9 yr old doesn't like books like Harry Potter or Spiderwick because of the scary details in the story. Escape to Witch Mountain was a nice change. As Tony & Tia go on their journey you want to keep reading to find out if they will get away. Pick up a copy today, I don't think you will be disappointed.
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This book was okay and interesting but I actually preferred the movie that starred Kim Richards as Tia. I saw the movie before I read the book and I loved the movie so that is probbaly why I prefer movie over book. not to say that the book is bad, it's just that I loved the movie so much that I was a little dissapointed that the book was so different.
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Since most of the reviewers of this book are adults now who read this book as children and are remembering it as a childhood favorite, I would like to say that as a modern 14-year-old, I liked this book too. I agree with the reviewer who gave this book 4 stars because it was "dated" - the remark about communists ("human rights and human suffering mean nothing to a communist") - did make it quite clear what time period the book was written in, and the Christianity parts - Father O'Day "ranting" about his "sworn enemy", the devil - were kind of annoying, but that didn't spoil the book for me - i still loved it.
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I went searching for this book and have been delighted to find a copy of the ORIGINAL story (not the horrible Disney adaption...ick!) that I can share with my children. Though this story was second to 'The Forgotten Door' in my estimation, it is a lovely, mystical adventure that takes the reader along a gentle path of discovery. It is probably the best introduction a young reader could have to science fiction, and also introduces the concept of living in balance with nature. I can recommend both this book and 'The Forgotten Door' very highly.
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I was entranced by this book (and even by the schlocky Disney movie) when I was a kid, and remembered Tony and Tia vividly as I grew up. I just reread the book for the very first time as an adult, and it still works its magic. Anyone who knows or strongly recalls the pain, rage, and suffocating frustration of being a child surrounded by unsympathetic, uncaring, irrational adults will identify powerfully with all the trials T&T go through. I used to long for a "people" of my own to reunite with, and envy T&T for their finding this at last, despite all the harrowing disasters they undergo on the way. The story is haunting and moving.
I've only given 4 stars because the story does seem a tad dated now in several aspects: the writing style at times (but I like old-fashioned writing), the fact that they are rescued from their crisis by adults rather than pulling themselves out of it (violating today's usual doctrine for good children's lit), and the politics, sort of. About the politics, one of the "good guys" makes disparaging remarks about communists in a way that really sounds pretty old and simplistic (not that I'm a huge fan of communists), plus, he conveys a clear message about God and Christianity that I find mildly offensive. However, this is balanced by the fact that he also makes disparaging remarks about the rampant commercialism of American society; so his criticism is at least even-handed.
I want to close by reiterating that to me, these minor negative points are vastly outweighed by the magic and the power of the story, and of Tony and Tia. They are marvelous people that I wish I knew personally; they face genuine danger and difficulties with aplomb; their love for one another is well developed and not gooey; they are courageous and resourceful; their magical abilities are well thought up by Key, and complement each other; and all in all, they impart a wistful sense that the world would be a better place if people like this really existed.
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