SOLVED. YA Sci-Fi, Telepathic boy with amnesia. Late 70s/Early 80's. [s]

[Jeremy]

Something kicked off a memory of this book the other day, but I can't for the life of me remember the title or author.
The main character is a teenage boy with amnesia (I think his name began with a J). Over the course of the novel it is revealed that he has psychokinetic abilities, and has escaped from some sort of institute where they were performing experiments on him. The experiments are the cause of the amnesia.
At the beginning of the book, he meets a blind girl at the train station who takes him home and she and her family help him.
The book cover depicts a man in a lab coat wrestling the boy into a machine that looks sort of like an upright padded coffin.

[bookel]

The Case of the Vanishing Boy by Alexander Key.
On a crowded commuter train, a young boy shakes with fear, unable to remember how he got there or where he’s going. His memory is a total blank. He doesn’t even know his name. But beside him is a blind girl, Ginny, who has a way of seeing deep within people’s souls. Looking inside the boy’s addled memory, she discovers that his name is Jan—and he has every reason to be afraid. When the train stops, Jan flees into the night, and the police come charging after him. No matter where he goes—a church, the woods, the back alleys of this cozy suburban town—the hunters keep getting closer. He has incredible powers, and the government wants to use them for evil purposes.

There's a free ebook to borrow on openlibrary.org.

[Ann aka Iftcan]

The Case of the Vanishing Boy for Bookel's clicky.

And boy, didn't Alexander Key write a LOT of books about boys with psychic powers? :o)

[Andy]

Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "The Case of the Vanishing Boy for Bookel's clicky.

And boy, didn't Alexander Key write a LOT of books about boys with psychic powers? :o)"

Yeah, he did. Just based on the title of the thread, I was going to guess Key's "The Forgotten Door."

[Jeremy]

Thanks guys! That was it. Much appreciated.