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Characterization labels used: gifted students, prodigy students, high achievers, creepy stalker, obsessive boy, addicted boyfriend, genius best friend, science-minded student, popular girl, underdeveloped characters, unlikable characters, two-dimensional characters, flat characters, socially awkward character, analytical mind

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Sleepless

Lou Morgan · 2014 · Red Eye

Desperate exam-takers try a study drug, then sleep loss, hallucinations, and danger turn revision into survival.

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Characterization labels: privileged teens · high-achieving students · wealthy students · desperate students · unlikeable characters · flat characters · underdeveloped characters · rivalrous friend group · queen bee · know-it-all · unreliable protagonist · control-freak character · unstable protagonist · moral consequence

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1099

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One Word Kill

Mark Lawrence · 2019 · Impossible Times

A teen math prodigy with leukemia and a D&D friend group gets pulled into a time-travel mystery that could save a girl.

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Characterization labels: boy genius · math prodigy · social outcast · geeky teens · misfit friends · bullied teen · terminally ill protagonist · supportive friends · psychopathic antagonist · new girl · goth girl · rich kid · awkward teen · lovable characters

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1306

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Crave

Maria Llovet · 2024

An elite-campus app promises to grant desires, but its seductive help spirals into chaos, lust, and danger.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: top student · scholarship student · flawed characters · messy characters · one-dimensional characters · one-note characters · privileged students · horny students · college students · friends group · love triangle · crush-driven · immature · reckless · morally compromised

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1311

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Cover of Morbid Curiosities by S. Hati

Morbid Curiosities

S. Hati · 2026

A scholarship teen at an elite science institute uncovers secret experiments, mutations, and a threat to her own mind.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: ambitious teen · overachiever · scholarship student · gifted student · isolated protagonist · untrusting · prickly protagonist · mysterious girl · cutthroat peers · rich students · scientist characters · complex characters

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1378

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Cover of Operation Do-Over by Gordon Korman

Operation Do-Over

Gordon Korman · 2022

A science-minded middle schooler gets a chance to redo the past and save a friendship before it all falls apart.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: science nerd · smart kid · underdog · likable protagonist · flawed protagonist · relatable protagonist · best friends · bullied kid · popular girl · kind girl · rival friend · dog character

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1785

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Cover of Shock Induction: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Shock Induction: A Novel

Chuck Palahniuk · 2024

Gifted teens vanish into a billionaire-run system that surveils, sorts, and sells talent for a future of servitude.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: gifted teen · overachiever · anarchic protagonist · main character focus · rootable heroine · bullied teen · disaffected youth · elite adolescents · morally ambiguous adults · wealthy elites · faceless oligarchs · obsessive characters

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1509

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Cover of Dragonfly Girl: A Spellbinding YA Science Thriller About a Cure for Death and Deadly International Rivalry by Marti Leimbach

Dragonfly Girl: A Spellbinding YA Science Thriller About a Cure for Death and Deadly International Rivalry

Marti Leimbach · 2021

A brilliant but socially isolated teen wins a science prize, then a lab discovery pulls her into dangerous international intrigue.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: science prodigy · genius teen · awkward teen · social outcast · bullied student · caretaker · devoted daughter · financially strained · driven · brilliant · introverted · relatable · quirky · complicated heroine · smart girl · female STEM protagonist · secondary characters

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1515

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Cover of Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake

Gifted & Talented

Olivie Blake · 2025

After their father’s death, three high-achieving siblings battle over a vast inheritance, buried resentments, and strange powers.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: dysfunctional siblings · gifted children · rich kids · prodigy burnout · unlikable characters · morally gray characters · arrogant characters · ambitious characters · fraudulent protagonist · people pleaser · perfectionist · messy characters · flawed geniuses · self-destructive characters · depressed adults · former prodigy · former ballerina · politician character · CEO character · journalist character

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1541

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Cover of The Inventor's Secret by Chad Morris

The Inventor's Secret

Chad Morris · 2013 · Cragbridge Hall

In a futuristic school where students experience history firsthand, twin siblings race to uncover a family secret.

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Characterization labels: twin protagonists · female protagonist · male twin · ordinary heroine · genius student · inventor grandfather · relatable characters · bullied outsider · hidden talents · brilliant students · young students

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1605

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Cover of Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor

Notes on Infinity

Austin Taylor · 2025

Two Harvard students chase an anti-aging breakthrough, then fame, money, and secrets threaten their startup and bond.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: brilliant students · high achievers · flawed characters · competitive · ambitious · naive · driven · genius stereotype · female STEM protagonist · male science counterpart · founder characters · mentorship-seeking

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1609

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