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"Escape to Witch Mountain" was written by Alexander H. Key and published in 1968.
It's about alien twins Tony and Tia and the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/458191.Escape_to_Witch_Mountain
> Then Tony and Tia find that they must escape from men who want to use their special powers for evil.

> They begin a desperate search to find their true home--which leads them to the strange and mysterious Witch Mountain.


Witch Mountain is Brown Mountain.

https://blogs.lib.unc.edu/ncm/2009/03/13/race-to-witch-or-brown-mountain/
> New in theaters today is a movie with a strong North Carolina connection: Race to Witch Mountain.

> the book was set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and Witch Mountain was based on our state’s Brown Mountain.


The twins are helped by a Roman Catholic priest.
They are Castaways.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_to_Witch_Mountain
> With the assistance of an inner-city Roman Catholic priest, Father O'Day, the pair run away, following the map's route leading towards the Blue Ridge Mountains.

> Through a series of hardships, Tony and Tia find their way to their own people, who adopted the name Castaway.


It was made into 1975 and 2009 films:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=GMXogY_IJe4
https://youtube.com/watch?v=iNJYpI_LNFA