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Mind of My Mind
Octavia E. Butler · 1994 · 168 pages
A young woman discovers she has tremendous psychic power. The baby's name is Mary, and her father is immortal. For thousands of years he has orchestrated a selective breeding project, attempting to create a master race capable of controlling others through thought. Most of his attempts have resulted in volatile mutations, but Mary-whom he has raised in the rough part of a Southern California town-is the closest he has come to perfection. If he doesn't handle her carefully, this greatest experiment will be his last. As Mary comes of age, she begins to grow aware of her psychic powers. And when she learns of her father's plans for her, she refuses to acquiesce. She challenges him to a psychic war, battling to free her people and set a new course for mankind.
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N. K. Jemisin
“WILD SEED is the book I give to my friends who mostly like AA Romance. Because that's what it is -- a wild, magical, brutal, twisted, beautiful love story. MIND OF MY MIND is the one I suggest teens start with. I figure they can relate to Mary's attitude.”↗