Return from Witch Mountain

by Alexander Key

Book Overview

Two kids from another world, are in a race against time to get back home while struggling to escape the greedy power-craving people who want to exploit the kids supernatural powers. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671819119
• ISBN13: 9780671819118
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Not Avail
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Age Range: 10 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Grade 5 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Loved the movie, and now love the book!

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 today 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.

a review by a 14-year-old

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.

Excellent SF book for young teens

I hadn't thought of this book for many years. This book (along with another by the same author "The Forgotten Door") set me on a lifetime of reading science fiction and fantasy. I have rarely rediscovered the sheer unadulterated *magic* that I felt while reading this book. Tony and Tia are teens and most teens will relate to them and will get caught up in the mystery and the adventure. I haven't reread it in years and years but I remain certain that for young readers this would be a book they would treasure. Forget about the Disney movie: It was silly popcorn fluff that I am sure crushingly disappointed every fan of the book. This book is about as serious as young adult science fiction gets. (And for those adults who enjoy Harry Potter: take a look at this book too! You won't be disappointed!)

Tony and Tia are at it again!

This book is very different from the first one, and yet just as great! In fact, I got lucky and bought it at a library sale! If you can get your hands on this book, you will love reading it!

A classic story.

This is classic Alexander Key, a story of a brother and sister with a mysterious past, psychic powers, and only dreams and fragmented memories to tell them who they really are. Much better than the okay-but-silly Disney film based on it, this ranks up there with "The Forgotten Door" as the best of Alexander Key.