Mind Over Matter--Psychic Fiction
Explore captivating psychic fiction with 'Mind Over Matter'—a curated list of mind-bending books where the supernatural meets suspense. Dive into thrilling stories of psychic powers, mystery, and intrigue.
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Matilda
by Roald Dahl
For most kids, aThe Trunchbulla is pure terror, but for Matilda, sheas a sitting duck.
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Obernewtyn
by Isobelle Carmody
Born with enhanced mental powers, Elspeth Gordie faces persecution by her own post-holocaust world, but she must resist dark forces who hope to use her powers to resurrect the apocalypse.
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Finder
by Emma Bull
American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Welcome to Bordertown. A hybrid community of misfits, oddballs and runaways. Where humans, elves and halflings co-exist. Where magic and the brutal realities of survival clash and mix. For Orient and Tick-Tick, it's just home. Death and dark magic hang ov er the city. A seductive new drug lures young runaways to their destruction. A mysterious plague spreads through the streets. And beneath the clock tower on High Street, Bonnie Prince Charlie lies slain by an unseen hand. A cop named Sunny Rico exploits Orient's talent for finding objects to track the killer and leads both herself and him into the darker secrets of Elflands' immigrant citizens.
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When the Bough Breaks
by Mercedes Lackey
Equipped with more inherent psi power than any mortal or elf, an abused little girl threatens to destroy Earth and the Fairie world, unless the elves can stop her
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The Rowan
by Anne McCaffrey
The Rowan was destined to become the greatest Prime Talent in human history, facing a lonely existence of servitude. Until she receives a telepathic plea from across the stars from a Prime named Jeff Raven-and falls in love with him.
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Brother Jonathan
by Crawford Kilian
In hopes of ruling the world, the Intertel Corporation develops tiny computer implants that enhance intelligence and can provide telepathic links with animals
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Dr. Chill's Project
by Thomas Hoobler
Fifteen-year-old Allie joins a group of young people living in a group house run by the jolly Dr. Chill, who is experimenting with ways to help them develop their varied psychic powers.
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Mind-call
by Wilanne Schneider Belden
Following a disastrous earthquake, a group of exceptionally bright, precognitive youngsters must outwit several dangerous relatives, under unusual circumstances, before their future is assured.
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Mind-find
by Wilanne Schneider Belden
Thirteen-year-old Laurel is torn between her desire to use and reveal her psychic talents and her fear that her father, a noted parapsychologist, will want to use her in his research.
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The Dream Catcher
by Monica Hughes
In a future world whose people are clustered in domed cities, fifteen-year-old Ruth, who possesses great extrasensory powers and who has received troubling messages in her dreams from another center of civilization, accompanies a group to search for the source of the messages.
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The Girl with the Silver Eyes
by Willo Davis Roberts
Katie Welker is used to being alone. She would much rather read a book than deal with other people. Other people don't have silver eyes and other people can't make things happen just by thinking about them! Sometimes Katie even enjoys playing tricks on people.
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Stranger with My Face
by Lois Duncan
Have you ever been haunted by the feeling that someone is spying on you, lurking around your house and yard, even entering your bedroom? Are your friends plotting against you when they say they've seen you do things you know you haven't done? What's going on -- and does Laurie really want to find out?
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The Third Eye
by Lois Duncan
High school senior Karen, who worries that her psychic powers will make her seem different from other people, is frightened at first when a young policeman asks her to use her gift to help the police locate missing children.
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Escape to Witch Mountain
by Alexander Key
When a mysterious man claims to be their uncle and acquires court custody, Tia and Tony, aware of his evil intent, run away to prevent him from enslaving their unusual powers and to try to find someone who may know something about them.
