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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for Above World.
Themes labels used: friendship, loyalty, courage, bravery, self-discovery, coming of age, environmental collapse, technology dependence, isolationism, community survival, doing the right thing, questioning authority, adaptation, social control, gender roles, collaboration, compassion, moral compass
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A fog-born boy and his crew race to find an ancient machine that can save their mountaintop city from the deadly fog.
Why this is here
Themes labels: environmental degradation · survival · identity · friendship · bravery · kindness · loyalty · teamwork · sacrifice · responsibility · community · coming of age · hope · memory and language · moral choice · home · power and control
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1007
After a camping trip, a group of Australian teens returns to find their town occupied and must decide how to survive.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · adversity · courage · resistance · loyalty · friendship · moral choice · coming of age · loss of innocence · war ethics · personal responsibility · fear · independence · identity · belonging · community · resourcefulness · grief · human nature
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1021
A Canadian teen group must survive an EMP blackout and travel 1,500 miles home across a collapsing North America.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · self-reliance · friendship · coming of age · trust · resourcefulness · community breakdown · moral choice · humanity under pressure · leadership
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1035
A teen artist caught at ground zero of an alien attack must survive, adapt, and unite with other teens to fight back.
Why this is here
Themes labels: friendship · survival · hope · trust · self-preservation · altruism · identity change · adaptation · teen competence · diversity · humanity under pressure · love under adversity · agency · loss · resistance
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1044
A teen science geek and her friends gain wolf-like powers and race to solve a cold-case murder on a coastal island.
Why this is here
Themes labels: friendship · loyalty · science · identity · coming of age · justice · animal welfare · ethical experimentation · family · moral courage · truth-seeking · teamwork · gender dynamics · class conflict · environmental concern
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1099
A fugitive teen discovers latent powers and is recruited into a brutal training program for a hidden war.
Why this is here
Themes labels: trust · teamwork · friendship · loyalty · self-discovery · coming of age · identity · trauma · survival · perseverance · confidence · humility · morality · choice · war · sacrifice · belonging · social isolation · leadership
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1132
A terrified hidden child must infiltrate enemy headquarters to rescue captured friends in a brutal future crackdown.
Why this is here
Themes labels: bravery · fear · self-discovery · courage · freedom · oppression · survival · self-preservation · friendship · loyalty · sacrifice · right action · human life · resistance · coming of age · doing the right thing
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1138
A misfit girl learns she was engineered to live underwater and must cross a dangerous ocean to reach safety.
Why this is here
Themes labels: environmental degradation · climate change · survival · free will · identity · belonging · leadership · trust · courage · family ties · redemption · ethical science · genetic engineering · oppression · resilience · adaptation · community · sacrifice · protecting the future
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1142
A slacker shop clerk survives an apocalypse, then navigates a card-based magic system, monsters, and a wildly shifting adventure.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · adaptation · agency · morality · loss · depression · friendship · trust · self-isolation · optimism · responsibility · power corruption · identity · change · economics · freedom · oppression · social inequality
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1157
As Atherton’s layers collapse, Edgar and his friends race through floods, monsters, and hidden tunnels to save their world.
Why this is here
Themes labels: courage · survival · change · identity · creation · memory loss · community · sacrifice · friendship · leadership · ecosystem · environmental fragility · power shift · secrets · coming of age
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1163
Kids in a ruined England search for one another as infected adults mass toward London and a hidden truth emerges.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · friendship · companionship · loss · grief · courage · humanity · fear · coming of age · cooperation · unity · morality under pressure · monsters and humanity · community survival · trust
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1203
Teen survivors on a space station battle grief, shortages, and suspicion when new deaths make a virus or killer seem equally possible.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · grief · leadership · trust · responsibility · friendship · loyalty · fear · morality · self-doubt · pressure · coming of age · vulnerability · community · betrayal
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1251
