The “modern take” on the franchise is set to follow “two teens that develop strange abilities and discover their sleepy suburb may not be as idyllic as it seems.” There’s nothing offensive, the good God remains prominent, and it fits in nicely with tales of UFOs.The long-running Escape to Witch Mountain saga from Disney is coming back to life with a Disney+ pilot titled “ Witch Mountain,” Variety has reported this afternoon.īryce Dallas Howard (“Jurassic World” franchise, “Rocketman”) will lead the cast of the pilot, with Isabel Gravitt (“The Watcher”), Levi Miller (“Streamline”), Bianca “b” Norwood (“WeCrashed”) and Jackson Kelly (“Straight Man”) also set as series regulars.
As another reviewer said, this feels like a predecessor to Harry Potter! If there is a child in your life, and you think they might be ready for some ‘gentle’ sci-fi, let them have this novel. What redeems this novel? None of the ideas are new. Tony wasn’t much better, and Father O’Dey could have done with a deeper and more commanding voice (especially since he’s the priest that adds validity to their claim that they aren’t the devil’s work). Suck it up princess! I could barely listen to her. Ugh! I hated the way Tia spoke, and the way she was all ‘don’t make me tell the hurty things’ Tony.
The reader on this one (and perhaps Tia’s character) drove me mad. It’s a children’s fiction book as far as I am concerned, and that makes it all the more likely that everyone will escape without a scratch. Tony and Tia always have to succeed, even as it seems like they will be ruined forever. And it wasn’t horrific, but nor would I recommend it.Įverything is completely see-through.
I only picked up this novel because its listing in my digital borrowing app from my local library said it was a ‘blindingly brilliant piece of sci-fi’. When someone from their past comes looking for them, they know it is time to move into the future. With abilities that seem to only get them into trouble, and branded as aggressors and thieves, Tony and Tia are alone in the world with only each other for support. Tia and Tony have been different all their lives.
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