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Premise labels used: invisibility, superpowers, hidden abilities, kids with powers, ordinary child becomes extraordinary, secret origin, young heroes, friend-led investigation

Setting labels used: school setting, middle school, teen contemporary, small-scale reality, lightly fantastical world, local adventure

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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.

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Premise labels: teen powers · emotional awakening · school bullying · hidden abilities · secret world · coming-of-age · disappearing parent · gifted teens · power eruption

Setting labels: high school · school setting · teen setting · contemporary setting · secret facility · hidden world · speculative reality

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Distance: 0.1444

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Joshua Dread

Lee Bacon · 2012 · Joshua Dread

A middle school boy with supervillain parents must hide his own powers and team up with unexpected friends to save them.

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Premise labels: supervillain parents · secret identity · discovered powers · school life · friendship across sides · save the parents · villain kidnapping

Setting labels: middle school · school setting · small town · secret world · superhero world · contemporary setting

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Distance: 0.1545

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Bumi

Tere Liye · 2014 · Bumi

A 15-year-old girl who can disappear is pulled into a hidden world where her secret ties to larger clan conflicts.

Why this is here

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

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

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Distance: 0.1704

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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.

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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: 0.1783

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Things Not Seen

Andrew Clements · 2004 · Things

A 15-year-old boy wakes up invisible and teams with a blind girl while his family races to explain and reverse it.

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Premise labels: invisibility · blindness · missing child · secret identity · coming of age · disability parallel · finding oneself

Setting labels: contemporary · school setting · library setting · home setting · urban setting

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Distance: 0.1846

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Ninja Kid

Anh Do · 2018 · Ninja Kid

A nerdy ten-year-old discovers he’s the last ninja on Earth and must use family inventions to save his town.

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Premise labels: secret identity · hidden powers · unlikely hero · last of a kind · coming of age · family secret · small-town threat · spider attack · training montage · heroic destiny

Setting labels: junkyard · small town · school setting · forest setting · contemporary · fantastical reality

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Distance: 0.1878

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Onyx

Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2012 · Lux

A bonded teen alien romance spirals into secrets, jealousy, and government danger as hidden powers emerge.

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Premise labels: alien connection · secret identity · government threat · hidden powers · new boy · forbidden attraction · trust issues · alien conflict · mystery unraveling

Setting labels: high school · small town · alien-in-human-world · contemporary setting · government intrusion · hidden paranormal world

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Distance: 0.1911

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Plutona

Jeff Lemire · 2016 · Plutona

When suburban kids find a dead superhero in the woods, their secret upends friendship, loyalty, and growing up.

Why this is here

Premise labels: dead superhero · kids discover body · secret burden · superhero mystery · after-school discovery · friendship under strain · growing up under pressure

Setting labels: suburban · woods · after school · school setting · superhero world · ordinary people in superhero world

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Distance: 0.1941

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Spell Robbers

Matthew J. Kirby · 2014 · The Quantum League

A boy at a fake science camp discovers reality-bending powers and gets pulled into a secret war over them.

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Premise labels: science camp · secret powers · reality manipulation · quantum-powered abilities · kid recruited into hidden world · rescue mission · hidden war · power struggle

Setting labels: contemporary America · middle school · after-school club · secret lab · hidden society · science camp · contemporary fantasy

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Distance: 0.1949

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Going Wild

Lisa McMann · 2016 · Going Wild

A new girl finds a mysterious bracelet that grants animal powers, drawing her into friends, secrets, and danger.

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Premise labels: mysterious bracelet · animal-based powers · new kid in town · secret technology · powers discovery · friends help unravel mystery

Setting labels: present day · Chicago · Arizona · suburbs · new town · middle school · school life · contemporary setting with speculative elements

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Distance: 0.1964

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The Infinite Noise

Lauren Shippen · 2019 · The Bright Sessions

A teen empath in high school learns to manage overwhelming feelings while falling for a classmate who quiets the noise.

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Premise labels: empath powers · therapy · high school romance · secret abilities · self-discovery · first love · emotional overload

Setting labels: high school · contemporary setting · therapeutic setting · fictional superpower world · teen social environment

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Distance: 0.1975

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Teen Titans: Beast Boy

Kami Garcia · 2020 · Teen Titans

A lonely teen chases popularity and discovers his body is changing in ways that force him to rethink who matters.

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Premise labels: origin story · high school coming-of-age · identity crisis · popularity chase · superpowered transformation · teen hero

Setting labels: small town · high school · senior year · modern day · Georgia · teen reality · fictional superhero universe

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Distance: 0.2002

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