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1) Matilda
Author
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It will take superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves, and Matilda may be just the one to do it!
Author
Series
Aurora cycle volume 2
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Our heroes are back. Kind of. First, the bad news: an ancient evil--you know, your standard consume-all-life-in-the-galaxy deal--is about to be unleashed. The good news? Squad 312 is standing by to save the day. They've just got to take care of a few small distractions first. Like the clan of gremps who'd like to rearrange their favourite faces. And the cadre of illegit GIA agents with creepy flowers where their eyes used to be, who'll stop at nothing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Abandoned as a baby to a young wealthy couple and raised in a world of privilege, Arial has no hint of her past or who she belonged to. Her only link lies in the one thing that sets her apart from everyone else--telekinetic powers. Protected by her adoptive parents and hidden from the public to keep her gift secret, Ari is raised in the lap of luxury, and isolation. That is, until someone begins threatening her life"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Onyeka discovers that she has psychokinetic powers, her mother reveals that she is Solari, part of a secret group of Nigerian mutants that trains at the Academy of the Sun.
Onyeka has a lot of hairƯthe kind that makes strangers stop in the street and her peers whisper behind her back. At least she has Cheyenne, her best friend, who couldnt care less what other people think. Still, Onyeka has always felt insecure about her vibrant...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On the run after exposing their head teacher's hidden agenda, Onyeka and her superpowered friends work with a group of rebels to defeat their shared nemesis.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rand Brandenburg can see the future, yet thus far all he has done with his unique ability is become a skillful gambler. But according to the Offspring, his power has made him a target and could get him killed. So the loner used to living on the edge is now hiding out with others just like him, including Zoe Stoker, a mysterious redhead who has his heart soaring. But that's not the only thing Zoe's got flying. All her life, whenever she felt anything...
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Tor paperback edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Antonina Beaulieu is in the glittering city of Loisail for her first Grand Season, where she will attend balls and mingle among high society in hopes of landing a suitable husband. But Antonina is telekinetic, and strange events in her past have made her the subject of malicious gossip and hardly a sought-after bride. Now, under the tutelage of her cousin's wife, she is finally ready to shed the past and learn the proper ways of society. Antonina,...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this Southern saga begun by Michael McDowell and finished after his death by Tabitha King, seven-year-old Calley and her mother find themselves exiled to Pensacola Beach after the brutal murder of her father. There a woman awaits their presence—for Calley is no normal little girl.
12) Firestarter
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns eleven, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a...
13) Carrie
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After merciless taunting from classmates and abuse at the hand of her mother, Carrie's anger, and her telekinetic powers, are unleashed. And when a prom prank goes horribly wrong, events spiral out of control until the terrifying conclusion of this powerful, pulse-quickening horror story.
14) Push
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nick is a 'mover' - someone who can move things with his mind. He meets up with Cassie who is a 'watcher' - someone who can predict the future. She is trying to rescue her mother from the government. As they try to piece things together, Kira enters their lives. Kira is a 'pusher' - someone who can influence the thoughts of others. She has had a relationship with Nick and is the only person to survive a powerful 'enhancement' drug that was administered...
15) Ojos de fuego
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
1a ed.
Physical Desc
428 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
Español
Author
Pub. Date
1980
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
181 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Katie Welker is used to being alone. She would rather read a book than deal with other people. Other people don't have silver eyes. Other people can't make things happen just by thinking about them!
But these special powers make Katie unusual, and it's hard to make friends when you're unusual. Katie knows that she's different but she's never done anything to hurt anyone so why is everyone afraid of her? Maybe there are other kids out there who have...
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (284 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Firestarter: An eight-year-old girl has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. But can this power and the love of her father save her from the sinister government agency, "the Shop," which wants her destroyed?
Firestarter 2: Years ago, a secret government drug experiment produced a dangerously gifted child. When she becomes enraged, she unleased her pyrokinetic powers. The child is now a woman who has spent the past 10 years on the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
[2nd edition]
Physical Desc
175 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sydney appears to be a normal, rudderless, suburban 15-year-old freshman. Cartoonist Charles Forsman (The End of the Fxxxing World) expertly channels teenage ennui while telling a powerful story about the intense, and sometimes violent, tug of war between trauma and control" -- Page [4] cover.
19) Freakling
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 600L
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After a traumatic accident removes his telekinetic ability, or psy, twelve-year-old Taemon is exiled to the "dud farm," where he is surprised to find kind, open people who enjoy using their hands but there are also mysteries at the colony and when Taemon unwittingly leaks one of the secrets he must find the courage to repair the damage, even if it means returning to the city from which he was banished.
20) Archon
Author
Series
Psi chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Taemon struggles with the fallout from his role in ending the city of Deliverance's ability to use telekinetic powers and embarks on a dangerous journey with Amma to find his missing father in a Republik.