Escape to Witch Mountain

The movie (1975) was formational for me when I was a kid, and when something brought it to mind this fall I decided I needed to read the book the movie was based on.

I wasn't disappointed. The sci fi weirdness, the feeling that Tony and Tia were at the mercy of adults with malevolent intentions without really understanding what was going on, Winkie the cat, all of it was there. I was also touched at Father O'Day's defending aliens as part of God's creation–that's 1970s theology for ya!

I truly enjoyed this journey back to a story that made such a deep impression on me as a child.