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Themes labels used: religious tolerance, cultural freedom, pacifism, war and peace, abuse, hypocrisy, faith and doubt, individuality, conformity, forgiveness, identity, coming of age, belonging, rebellion, authority, gift-giving, Christmas meaning

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Cover of Pilgrimage: The Book of the People by Zenna Henderson

Pilgrimage: The Book of the People

Zenna Henderson · 1963 · The People

A fix-up of linked stories about psychic alien refugees hiding on Earth and searching for community, home, and belonging.

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Themes labels: otherness · prejudice · tolerance · belonging · homecoming · exile · assimilation · identity · community · faith · hope · sanctity of life · difference · reconciliation · immigration · persecution · depression · mental health · disability · education · suppression of gifts · using gifts for good

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Messenger

Lois Lowry · 2004 · The Giver

A young messenger in a welcoming village discovers a hidden gift as his community turns inward and the forest darkens.

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Themes labels: sacrifice · community · immigration · welcoming others · outsiders · material greed · selfishness · altruism · acceptance · disability · identity · maturity · individuality · corruption · moral warning · good versus evil · social allegory · spirituality

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The Hallowed Hunt

Lois McMaster Bujold · 2006 · World of the Five Gods (Publication)

A haunted investigator escorts a murder suspect through a tense land of gods, spirits, politics, and forbidden magic.

Why this is here

Themes labels: justice · mercy · redemption · duty · forgiveness · salvation · identity · self-acceptance · religious conflict · tradition vs change · forbidden power · social condemnation · trauma · personal responsibility · faith · animal-human boundary · political legitimacy

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The Seventh Gate

Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman · 1995 · The Death Gate Cycle

The Death Gate Cycle ends as Haplo and Alfred race to the Seventh Gate while old enemies, new threats, and a vast world-spanning destiny collide.

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Themes labels: prejudice · racism · fear · hate · power · authority · coexistence · redemption · sacrifice · faith · hope · love · morality · identity · good and evil · responsibility · transgenerational trauma · spirituality · government corruption · belonging · loyalty

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Canon

Paige Lewis · 2026

A queer, surreal epic follows two outsiders on parallel quests to win God’s favor and redefine destiny.

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Themes labels: faith · religious doubt · belonging · purpose · destiny · free will · meaning of life · good and evil · identity · gender identity · sexuality · loneliness · trauma · grief · approval seeking · martyrdom · climate change · environmental destruction · violence · war · storytelling · mythmaking · modernity · absurdity · human flaw · salvation · religious reconciliation · existentialism · selfhood

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Cover of A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson

A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel

Hope Larson, Madeleine L'Engle · 2012

A girl, her brother, and a friend cross space and time to find her missing father and face a cosmic darkness.

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Themes labels: love · hope · faith · belief · family · courage · resilience · good vs evil · individuality · coming of age · free will · identity · pride · fear · religious symbolism · patriotism · science and faith · use of gifts · acceptance of flaws · seeing beyond appearances

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Cover of Gunmetal Gods by Zamil Akhtar

Gunmetal Gods

Zamil Akhtar · 2020 · Gunmetal Gods

Two war leaders on opposite sides of a holy conquest collide as gods, grief, and revenge turn a siege into apocalypse.

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Themes labels: faith · religious zealotry · hypocrisy · revenge · grief · power · ambition · war · moral ambiguity · belief · sacrifice · mercy · mortality · identity · redemption · corruption · political manipulation · culture clash · violence

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Cover of Taken to Heimo by Elizabeth Stephens

Taken to Heimo

Elizabeth Stephens · 2021 · Xiveri Mates

A prejudiced alien bodyguard and his devout human charge are forced to face danger, faith, and desire as mates.

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Themes labels: prejudice · racism · speciesism · religious faith · religious guilt · cultural difference · identity conflict · self-acceptance · redemption · consent · loyalty · duty · shame · trust · belonging · healing · acceptance

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The First Heretic

Aaron Dembski-Bowden · 2017 · The Horus Heresy

A disgraced religious legion seeks truth beyond the galaxy and instead finds the first steps into Chaos.

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Themes labels: faith · heresy · religion · belief · corruption · humiliation · betrayal · fatherhood · power and control · meaning seeking · hypocrisy · morality · damnation · identity · fanaticism · free will · fate · tragic inevitability · good and evil · humanity

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The Last Hour of Gann

R. Lee Smith · 2013

A crash-landed human survivor and a devout lizard warrior endure a brutal alien world and an unlikely bond.

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Themes labels: faith · survival · human nature · monstrosity · acceptance · forgiveness · spirituality · culture clash · morality · power · trauma · endurance · hope · truth vs lies · religion vs skepticism · identity · love · sacrifice

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The Girl with the Red Balloon

Katherine Locke · 2017 · The Balloonmakers

A teen accidentally time-travels to 1988 East Berlin and joins a magical resistance while history and family secrets collide.

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Themes labels: freedom · oppression · resistance · hope · memory · history · identity · belonging · perseverance · survival · morality · choice · cultural guilt · justice · self-discovery · religious identity · intergenerational trauma · anti-racism · antisemitism · bigotry · loss · grief · bystander responsibility

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