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Premise labels used: missing person, boarding school mystery, exclusive school, investigation, secrets, suspect circle, student conspiracy

Setting labels used: remote Utah, forest campus, boarding school, elite school, isolated campus, 1990s, religious school, chapel setting

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The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1

Kazuo Umezu · 2006 · The Drifting Classroom

An elementary school vanishes into a barren wasteland, forcing children and teachers to survive as order collapses.

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Premise labels: school disappearance · transported school · survival ordeal · alien wasteland · lost children · adult breakdown · resource scarcity · mystery premise

Setting labels: elementary school · wasteland · desert landscape · alien world · nightmarish reality · mysterious realm · isolated school

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Distance: 0.2359

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من قتل وليد؟

خلف زون · 2025

A teen is pulled into a web of school secrets, blackmail, and revenge after a mysterious message about his friend's death.

Why this is here

Premise labels: mystery victim · blackmail · revenge · school secrets · bullying · teen crime · social-media threat · past trauma · investigation

Setting labels: secondary school · school campus · Arab school setting · contemporary setting · male-dominated setting · small social circle · social media setting

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Distance: 0.2490

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Stealing Infinity

Alyson Noel · 2022 · Stolen Beauty

A troubled teen is sent to a secret island academy where time travel, stolen artifacts, and hidden agendas collide.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · boarding school · secret academy · artifact theft · mysterious power · elite recruitment · remote island school · hidden agenda

Setting labels: remote island · off-the-grid school · boarding school · secret society · luxury setting · modern setting · historical past · time travel world

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Distance: 0.2517

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Variant

Robison Wells · 2011 · Variant

A foster teen wins a scholarship to a secluded boarding school and discovers it’s really a locked-down prison with deadly rules.

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Premise labels: boarding school trap · foster kid · escape plot · secret school · school prison · student-run society · forced confinement · trust no one

Setting labels: board school setting · private school · isolated campus · New Mexico · confined setting · adult-free school · surveillance state

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Distance: 0.2570

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Behind the Gates

Eva Gray · 2011 · Tomorrow Girls

A girls' boarding school in a war-torn future hides secrets, forcing four friends to survive and trust each other.

Why this is here

Premise labels: survival · boarding school · friendship · war setting · school conspiracy · hidden agenda · identity concealment · forced isolation

Setting labels: future world · dystopian future · war-torn society · boarding school · isolated school · wilderness setting · schoolcamp

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Distance: 0.2576

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My Teacher Is an Alien

Bruce Coville · 2005 · My Teacher Is an Alien

A sixth-grader discovers her substitute teacher is an alien and races to stop his secret plan.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien teacher · substitute teacher · alien abduction · school threat · students uncover secret

Setting labels: sixth grade · school setting · classroom · substitute teacher setting · earth · extraterrestrial reality

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Distance: 0.2601

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A Dark Inheritance

Chris d'Lacey · 2014 · Unicorne Files

A boy who can alter reality joins a secret agency to uncover a father’s disappearance and a strange school mystery.

Why this is here

Premise labels: missing father · supernatural ability · reality manipulation · secret organization · paranormal investigation · detective mission · school mystery · child protagonist

Setting labels: modern-day · school setting · coastal setting · small-town setting · alternate realities · supernatural reality · contemporary world

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Distance: 0.2619

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ダンダダン 15 [Dan Da Dan 15]

Yukinobu Tatsu, 龍幸伸 · 2024 · ダンダダン [Dan Da Dan]

After a battle ends, a school occult club forms to hunt mysteries while a new teacher and a classmate’s hidden pain raise fresh stakes.

Why this is here

Premise labels: occult investigation · school club · supernatural battles · alien threats · missing object quest · mystery teacher · hidden past

Setting labels: high school · school club · modern day · urban · occult · spirits and aliens · paranormal reality

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Distance: 0.2623

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暗殺教室 9 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 9]

Yusei Matsui, 松井優征 · 2014 · 暗殺教室 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu]

A school class keeps trying to assassinate their tentacled teacher while navigating fights, school politics, and new bonds.

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Premise labels: assassination attempt · school setting · teacher-student bond · classroom conflict · hidden threat · student underdog

Setting labels: junior high school · school life · classroom · private school · summer vacation · second semester · fictional reality · extraterrestrial being

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Distance: 0.2656

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Boy 7

Mirjam Mous · 2009 · Best of YA | XS

An amnesiac teen follows clues in his backpack to uncover his identity, and a secret experiment tied to his forgotten past.

Why this is here

Premise labels: amnesia · identity search · memory loss · secret experiment · trust no one · hidden past · escape plot

Setting labels: contemporary · school age · anonymous isolated setting · wilderness opening · institution setting · American setting (contested)

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Distance: 0.2676

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The Leaving

Tara Altebrando · 2016

Five abducted kids return eleven years later with no memories, while one sibling hunts for the missing sixth child.

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Premise labels: missing children · returned abductees · memory loss · identity mystery · unsolved disappearance · search for answers · missing sibling

Setting labels: contemporary · small town · school setting · kindergarten · eleven-year gap · teen years later · homecoming setting

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Distance: 0.2682

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暗殺教室 15 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 15]

Yusei Matsui, 松井優征 · 2015 · 暗殺教室 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu]

A school assassination mission explodes into major secrets, backstories, and a shocking identity reveal.

Why this is here

Premise labels: assassination classroom · teacher-student conflict · school assassination mission · world-threatening teacher · secret identity reveal · revenge plot · backstory reveal

Setting labels: junior high school · alternative school · classroom setting · school play · extraterrestrial beings · science-fantasy world

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Distance: 0.2686

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