It’s a Good Life by Jerome Bixby. Short story, but it fits the bill.
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Sam Temple from the Gone series! It’s basically Lord of the Flies but some kids have strange powers. It’s a great series throughout but the conflict between “normals” and “freaks” specifically gets expanded on in book 2 and 3.
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The Power by Naomi Alderman
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I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
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The Scholomance Trilogy by Naomi Novik. Everyone has powers (for the most part), but not like El. She’s extra.
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The girl with the silver eyes
(I read this book as a kid. It’s probably for 4th graders. I don’t remember the plot cuz I’m so old now but I remember the girl with silver eyes has some awesome powers and the Authorities want to capture her. Omg. I just remembered I found this book at a goodwill a couple years ago. Just pulled it from my shelf to see how it’s described: “ Katie Welker is used to being alone. She would much rather read a book then 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.” Blah blah blah blah, something about thinking people are going to put her in jail, then she runs away, and “she manages to locate other children who have silver eyes like her. But she’s still in trouble. Will her newfound friends help her? Should they use their powers?”
Obviously only read this book if you can tolerate elementary school age fiction.
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The Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin
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It’s a Good Life by Jerome Bixby. Short story, but it fits the bill.
Sam Temple from the Gone series! It’s basically Lord of the Flies but some kids have strange powers. It’s a great series throughout but the conflict between “normals” and “freaks” specifically gets expanded on in book 2 and 3.
The Power by Naomi Alderman
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
The Scholomance Trilogy by Naomi Novik. Everyone has powers (for the most part), but not like El. She’s extra.
The girl with the silver eyes
(I read this book as a kid. It’s probably for 4th graders. I don’t remember the plot cuz I’m so old now but I remember the girl with silver eyes has some awesome powers and the Authorities want to capture her. Omg. I just remembered I found this book at a goodwill a couple years ago. Just pulled it from my shelf to see how it’s described: “ Katie Welker is used to being alone. She would much rather read a book then 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.” Blah blah blah blah, something about thinking people are going to put her in jail, then she runs away, and “she manages to locate other children who have silver eyes like her. But she’s still in trouble. Will her newfound friends help her? Should they use their powers?”
Obviously only read this book if you can tolerate elementary school age fiction.
But how awesome would it be to have silver eyes?
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