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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for The Way of the Apprentice.
Themes labels used: friendship, cooperation, humility, responsibility, self-control, pride, learning, trust, leadership, belonging, loneliness, identity, morality, fate, destiny, good vs evil, institutional rules, emotion vs discipline, coming into power, failure and growth
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A magician, his demon partner, and their odd allies cross a hidden portal into a vampire dimension to rescue a friend.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humility · leadership · growing up · loyalty · friendship · identity · responsibility · trust · misunderstanding outsiders · good vs bad
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0898
A broke airship captain and his misfit crew chase treasure, dodging double-crosses, monsters, and old secrets.
Why this is here
Themes labels: friendship · betrayal · redemption · loyalty · identity · forgiveness · morality · consequences · teamwork · self-acceptance · grief · mortality · personal growth · acceptance · trust · purpose · belonging · damaged people · duty vs self-interest
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0928
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A monster-siege volume where a squad’s bonds are tested as a secret identity is exposed and stakes explode.
Why this is here
Themes labels: trust · loyalty · friendship · duty · identity · belonging · acceptance · sacrifice · responsibility · fear of harm · growth · proving oneself
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0979
Three struggling children in a late-1800s city discover that helping one another may be the key to freedom.
Why this is here
Themes labels: friendship · trust · cooperation · freedom · poverty · child labor · family responsibility · hope · resilience · identity · self-worth · justice · loyalty · coming of age · helping others · class inequality · moral choice · grief · courage · dreams · belonging
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0980
A lucky outsider enters a power academy where cosmic abilities, rivalries, and a looming war reshape her future.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · self-discovery · belonging · trust · friendship · loyalty · prejudice · power and responsibility · survival · social division · politics · equality · trauma · luck vs effort · acceptance
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0986
An apprentice dollmaker seeks to prove her creations can fight monsters, but her quest upends everything she knows.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · self-worth · purpose · destiny · choice · responsibility · art and creation · maker ethics · trauma · grief · redemption · growth · belonging · power and control · duty · societal role · humanity · friendship · protecting others
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1005
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: 0.1038
In the series finale, Oona and her friends race to light the last beacon and save five worlds from the Mimic.
Why this is here
Themes labels: friendship · teamwork · self-sacrifice · love for others · unity · diversity · belonging · hope · good versus evil · identity · growth · change · power and responsibility · truth and authenticity · belief · community · overcoming darkness · acceptance · morality
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1041
A teen pack with strange powers faces a rival group, secret agents, and a choice about keeping their abilities.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · belonging · choice · loyalty · trust · difference · normality · consequences · acceptance · friendship · power and responsibility · survival · control · transformation · secrecy
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1044
An orphaned scrapper finds a girl with a royal mark and joins a dangerous train journey to get her home.
Why this is here
Themes labels: friendship · loyalty · survival · identity · self-discovery · acceptance · trust · courage · poverty · class divide · power and greed · community · fate · choice · family · sacrifice · injustice · discrimination · slavery
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1071
A fugitive teen superhero team must reunite, decode strange new powers, and stop a looming disaster.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · trust · morality · power and responsibility · good vs evil · truth and lies · connection · community · individual agency · privacy · freedom · self-acceptance · trauma · guilt · leadership · ethics · choice · control
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1076
Three teen friends pursue a hidden underground civilization, where a genius’s invention leads them into bigger dangers.
Why this is here
Themes labels: friendship · curiosity · destiny · self-discovery · power and corruption · knowledge and responsibility · identity · perseverance · courage · truth-telling · teamwork · loyalty · good vs power · ambition
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1083
