Mind Games

by Jeanne Marie Grunwell

Book Overview

Thus reads an article in the Waverly Times, which is Exhibit A in this fresh and inventive story about ESP, friendship, sisterhood, and the ties that bind. Told by the characters themselves, Mind Games crackles with personality and reveals how each student tries to prove that ESP exists and what he or she discovers along the way. Funny and engaging, the individual voices are right on target, revealing the complex relationships and characters of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618689478
• ISBN13: 9780618689477
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

do you believe in ESP?

Mind Games is a book all about 6 seventh grade students who are doing a school project exploring ESP. The kids decide to purchase some lottery tickets to test their ideas on ESP! The end up winning $500 and winning first place in the county fair for their prject! The book is very unusual. It includes charts, newspaper clippings, and test data. The book moved at a fast pace. The story was written well and it kept the readers attention. It was very unique. The cover is designed to look like a writing notebook instead of a regular book. This will draw a young reader in. The book is great for kids who are interested in mystery and science.

Brilliant school story

A beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful book. I am so impressed with the author's prowess, using so many different voices (no easy feat), and so cleverly using a science fair experiment to talk about many important things in the world from a seventh grade point of view. This is a creative and original work and a very fresh voice in children's literature. I am still wiping the tears from my eyes and hoping that, like the kids in this story, the author goes on to win a lot of prizes.

MIND GAMES: candy for the intellect

MIND GAMES brilliantly juxtaposes the voices of six different seventh graders as they attempt to solve their science premise along with their relationaships with each other.With precise language, featuring an economy of words, the author deftly moves from one character to the other in this tightly woven novel.The imaginative format found both inside and outside the book itself add immediately to its charm and originality.Jeanne Marie Grunwell is master of her material with each sentence of each paragraph on every page. The varied format, including exhibits, adds interest. The characters are neither simple nor stereotypical. Each is an individual with distinct needs to be met. The resolution is gratifying and complete.Personally, I have rarely been so moved by such excellence in a novel which may be aimed at a middle grade audience, but is profoundly satisfying for the 'older' reader as well.

Wonderful Adventure

"Mind Games", by new author Jeanne Marie Grunwell, is simply superb. This is one of those books that you won't want to put down, and will read in one sitting. An inviting mixture of colorful characters, an involving story line(..a school project exploring ESP..), all presented with a true ease of writing style. Young people will relate with the middle school students here, as they embark on a most adventurous exploration. "Mind Games" is sure to interest readers for years to come--it's the kind of book I loved as a young adult..and still do! I can't wait for the movie version!