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Similar in premise + setting

These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Bumi. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: hidden power, invisible protagonist, parallel world, secret identity, teenage adventure, gifted trio, clan conflict, coming-of-age

Setting labels used: contemporary school life, parallel world, fictional clan system, secondary world

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.

Cover of Persephone by Lev Grossman

Persephone

Lev Grossman · 2022

A bullied teen’s buried grief cracks open a hidden power and pulls her toward a secret world she barely understands.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1600

Cover of Matahari by Tere Liye

Matahari

Tere Liye · 2016 · Bumi

Three teen friends pursue a hidden underground civilization, where a genius’s invention leads them into bigger dangers.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1602

Cover of Parallel by Claudia Lefeve

Parallel

Claudia Lefeve · 2011 · Travelers

An orphan with hidden powers is pulled into a parallel reality where family, identity, and time are all unsettled.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1632

Cover of Has Anyone Seen Jessica Jenkins? by Liz Kessler

Has Anyone Seen Jessica Jenkins?

Liz Kessler · 2015

A schoolgirl’s sudden invisibility draws her into a secret circle of kids with powers and a dangerous hidden origin.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1704

Cover of Bintang by Tere Liye

Bintang

Tere Liye · 2017 · Bumi

A teen trio with hidden powers returns to a parallel world on a dangerous mission that ends in a shocking cliffhanger.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1727

Cover of Faja by Petra Stehlíková

Faja

Petra Stehlíková · 2017 · Naslouchač

A young enslaved girl travels between worlds and uncovers buried truths that could upend everything she knows.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1854

Cover of Wander Dust by Michelle Warren

Wander Dust

Michelle Warren · 2011 · The Seraphina Parrish Trilogy

A teen discovers she can time travel and is drawn into a secret society, a strange school, and a risky love choice.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1862

Cover of Family by Robert J. Crane

Family

Robert J. Crane · 2012 · The Girl in the Box

A sheltered young meta-human faces war, betrayal, and a painful reckoning with her family and powers.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1870

Cover of Gatefather by Orson Scott Card

Gatefather

Orson Scott Card · 2015 · Mither Mages

A gifted teen mage faces possession, mythic politics, and a final struggle over souls, gates, and worlds.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1885

Cover of The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

The Subtle Knife

Philip Pullman · 2018 · His Dark Materials

Two children from different worlds join forces to survive, uncover Dust, and wield a knife that can cut between realities.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1915

Cover of Life Is Strange Vol. 3: Strings by Emma Vieceli

Life Is Strange Vol. 3: Strings

Emma Vieceli · 2020 · Life is Strange Comics

Max must confess her true origin and face alternate realities while fighting to get back to the Chloe she lost.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1925

Cover of Anchored by Bridget E. Baker

Anchored

Bridget E. Baker · 2021 · Anchored

A runaway teen wakes between Earth and a hidden world, where her secret power could save—or doom—both realities.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1930