
The story is simple and more effort is put into the trip to Witch Mountain, rather than exploring the children's abilities. This is a quick fun read for children, written in 1968, so I'm not going to judge it the way I would a modern YA fantasy for older children. The stress of outwitting Deranian has started to bring back some old memories and they think they will find their missing family once they get there.

With the help of Catholic priest, Father O'Day, they escape New York and head to the Blue Ridge Mountains. When Lucas Deranian shows up claiming to be their uncle they start to get suspicious. They also can talk to each other via ultrasonic speech. Tony is an expert in telekinesis, and Tia's strengths include the ability to unlock any door by touch and communicate with animals. But because they have supernatural powers, they are sure that they come from a strange place.


Tony and Tia are orphans that have no memory of their past.
