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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for Things Not Seen.
Characterization labels used: teen protagonist, relatable teen, sarcastic teen, angsty teen, physicist parent, blind girl, independent girl, supportive parents, smart parent, quick-thinking protagonist, emotionally controlled narrator, mature growth arc
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
A Korean-Canadian teen with scent-triggered time slips goes to Korea to uncover her mother’s disappearance and her own past.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: teen protagonist · reserved protagonist · brave protagonist · emotionally mature teen · emotionally unavailable father · single father · absent mother · supportive best friend · sweet love interest · supportive aunt · complex side characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1098
A sheltered teen from a teleporting family discovers her own powers and pushes into school, friends, and danger.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: teen protagonist · female protagonist · smart protagonist · brilliant teen · homeschooled · overprotective father · paranoid father · supportive mother · family unit · lonely teen · self-educated · competent characters · flawed protagonist · precocious teen · geeky protagonist · likable protagonist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1116
A teen discovers his inherited superpowers and learns to juggle school, family, and crime-fighting in a busy superhero world.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: teen protagonist · relatable teen · ordinary student · superpowered parent · stay-at-home mother · supportive father · young team hero · pretty love interest · classic hero archetype
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1208
After a crash leaves her near death, a teen wakes in a chimp body and must navigate identity, ethics, and survival.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: teen girl protagonist · adaptable protagonist · brave protagonist · highly intelligent protagonist · socially intelligent protagonist · scientist father · concerned mother · animal researcher · media target · celebrity subject · experimental subject
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1251
Two teens enter patients’ nightmares to cure fear, but a new case and hidden secrets threaten their fragile team.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: teen protagonists · scientist mentor · adopted child · amnesiac protagonist · disabled protagonist · brave · curious · secretive adults · troubled children
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1271
After an accident, a teen violinist loses memories and sees an invisible boy, leading her into a buried secret about her past.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: teen girl · violist · introspective protagonist · emotionally isolated · depressed protagonist · protective parent · best friend · ex-boyfriend · supportive friend
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1276
A traumatized teen investigates a viral party drug that makes her town eerily perfect—and dangerously not themselves.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: teen girl protagonist · adopted protagonist · anxious protagonist · straight-edge protagonist · outsider protagonist · new kid ally · mysterious outsider · perfectionist · smart protagonist · controlling protagonist · traumatized protagonist · loner
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1278
Stranded alone on an alien planet, a teen must survive the wild and uncover a strange presence linked to home.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: teen protagonist · middle school protagonist · lonely child · whiny protagonist · angsty teen · resourceful survivor · immature protagonist · determined survivor · coming-of-age
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1287
A quiet teen’s life unravels when strange neighbors arrive next door and pull her into a mythic time-travel mystery.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: introverted protagonist · angsty teen · angry teen · invisible girl · relatable teen · awkward teen · deaf character · geeky sibling · genius sibling · eccentric outsider · mischievous characters · morally ambiguous characters · immortal characters · character growth
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1295
A queer teen uses a time machine to uncover her family’s hidden past and untangle a love story spread across history.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: teen protagonist · adopted child · whiz kid · programmer · scientist parents · AI sidekick · impulsive heroine · headstrong · smart but reckless · emotionally intense · immature teenager · brilliant · queer heroine · love interest · supportive parents · famous parents · fugitive parents
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1309
A grieving teen uses a once-only time trip to try to save her brother, risking the past, present, and her future.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: grieving teen · determined heroine · relatable protagonist · sibling-focused · love interest · supportive parents · likable characters · flat characters (mixed) · emotionally driven · depressed protagonist · brave heroine · self-sacrificing · character growth
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1317
A homeschooled teen with one hand wins astronaut camp and gets swept into aliens, powers, romance, and a world-saving crisis.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: smart heroine · witty heroine · sheltered heroine · homeschooled teen · disabled protagonist · strong female lead · supportive parents · best friend with crush · rich bad boy · eccentric scientist · moral ambiguity · team ensemble
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1327
