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These books are ranked using the characterization + relationships labels extracted for Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Characterization labels used: mad scientist, quirky girl, strong-willed, misunderstood, spunky, smart, determined, reluctant helper, accident-prone assistant, supportive parent, bemused teacher

Relationships labels used: mother-daughter, girl and dog, teacher-student, friendship, helper dynamic, peer misunderstanding

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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

Characterization labels: smart girl · science fiction lover · class brain · bully · strict teacher · suspicious student · relatable tween · clear motivations

Relationships labels: unlikely friends · student-teacher conflict · friendship duo · class rivalry · peer support · protective friendship

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1824

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A Wind in the Door

Madeleine L'Engle · 1976 · Time Quintet

Meg must help save her gifted, bullied brother by journeying into a strange inner world where love, naming, and evil collide.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: gifted child · bullied child · sick child · protective sibling · intuitive heroine · brilliant child · teacher figure · mentor figure · skeptical protagonist · supportive parent

Relationships labels: sibling bond · friendship · parent-child · mentor-student · bully-victim · teamwork · caregiving · family support

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1971

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Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes · 1987

A man with an intellectual disability undergoes an experiment that transforms his mind, then forces him to face the cost.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: slow learner · genius arc · kindhearted · naive · socially vulnerable · emotionally aware · isolated · childlike innocence · intellectually gifted · scientists · laboratory mouse

Relationships labels: teacher-student · scientist-subject · coworkers · friendship betrayal · friendship · human-animal parallel

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1975

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The Superteacher Project: A Hilarious Middle Grade Story about an AI Robot Teacher

Gordon Korman · 2023

A rule-breaking seventh grader suspects his new teacher is hiding an impossible secret in this humorous school mystery.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: troublemaker · class clown · rule-wrecker · sidekick · overachiever · rule-follower · dedicated student · principal · administrator · teacher figure · robot protagonist · AI learning · empathetic machine · lovable outsider · student teacher

Relationships labels: friendship · teacher-student relationship · peer teamwork · student alliance · parent-teacher tension · faculty dependence · rivalry · community support · protective group · mentor role

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1976

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Vita Nostra

Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko · 2018 · Vita Nostra (English)

A coerced teen enters a terrifying secret school where studying remakes reality, identity, and the self.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: teenage protagonist · gifted student · reluctant student · domineering mentor · scary teachers · morally grey characters · isolated protagonist · resilient heroine · authoritarian authority figures

Relationships labels: mother-daughter · mentor-student · teacher-student · peer relationships · coercive relationship · family endangerment · complicated family bond

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1996

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School of Shards

Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko · 2025 · Vita Nostra (English)

A magic-school provost must repair a reality she reshaped, training new students while speech itself begins to fail.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: female protagonist · teacher protagonist · academy administrator · brother character · twins · next generation · morally compromised · controlling · transformative arc · inscrutable protagonist · forceful protagonist

Relationships labels: teacher student · family duty · siblings · former lovers · parent child · mentor student · peer group · power imbalance · intergenerational

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2033

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Concealed

Christina Diaz Gonzalez · 2021

A girl in witness protection races to save her missing parents and uncover the truth about her hidden past.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: female protagonist · clever protagonist · resourceful protagonist · curious protagonist · smart girl · young teen protagonist · computer whiz · hacker · foster kid · scientist parent · mysterious handler · untrustworthy adult · loyal friend · brave kids

Relationships labels: parent-child · friendship · trust issues · found friendship · family secrecy · surrogate mentoring · caregiver conflict · dependency

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2043

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Shuri, Vol. 1: The Search for Black Panther

Nnedi Okorafor · 2019 · Shuri

When Black Panther vanishes in space, Shuri must choose between science, family, and Wakanda’s future.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: tech genius · scientist · inventor · princess · royal sibling · reluctant leader · young protagonist · badass heroine · adolescence · spunky · likable · capable · stubborn · energetic

Relationships labels: sibling bond · family duty · royal family · mother-daughter relationship · romantic relationship · team-up · friendship · peer pressure · community leadership · political alliance

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2057

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Midnight

Dean R. Koontz · 1989

In a fogbound California town, outsiders and locals uncover a tech experiment turning people into something inhuman.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: undercover agent · FBI agent · determined investigator · disabled veteran · resourceful child · clever heroine · scientific villain · mad scientist · corrupt authority · loyal dog · reluctant survivor · emotionless convert · animalistic transformee · strong female lead

Relationships labels: found family · teamwork · alliance · parent-child conflict · sibling bond · romantic tension · friendship · community betrayal · authority abuse · dog companionship

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2076

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The Clockwork Rocket

Greg Egan · 2011 · Orthogonal

An alien scientist races to decode her universe’s strange physics before an incoming cosmic threat destroys her world.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: female protagonist · scientist protagonist · strong female protagonist · alien physiology · shape-shifter · singleton · outsider · brilliant protagonist · determined · courageous · young woman · academic · rural-to-urban

Relationships labels: mother-child · father-daughter · family structure · same-species gender roles · friendship · mentor-student · community cooperation · social conflict · patriarchal power

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2080

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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Vol. 1: BFF

Brandon Montclare, Amy Reeder · 2016 · Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

A preteen genius tries to stop her own transformation, but a time-lost dinosaur turns her plan into chaos and friendship.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: child genius · preteen heroine · black girl protagonist · misfit · inventor · skeptical · headstrong · protective dinosaur · relatable outsider · snarky · brave

Relationships labels: friendship · unlikely duo · girl and dinosaur · parents and child · teachers and student · peer alienation · protector bond · mentor conflict

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2084

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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

Relationships labels: mother-daughter · best friendship · mentor-protégé · workplace bonds · rivalry · love triangle · age-gap romance · romantic tension · trust issues · betrayal · loyalty · found family · friendship support

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2100

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