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Premise labels used: missing parent, boy detective, animal allies, insect protagonists, friendship quest, rescue mission, sentient animals, scientific mystery

Setting labels used: London, Natural History Museum, school setting, urban adventure, real-world setting, secret laboratory, inhabited house

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Blood Ties

Sophie McKenzie · 2008 · Blood Ties

Two teens uncover hidden truths about their births and identities while fleeing extremists and a secret genetic conspiracy.

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Premise labels: missing father · identity mystery · cloning · genetic engineering · teen on the run · scientific conspiracy · family secrets · birth mystery · fugitives · experimental births

Setting labels: contemporary · school setting · school disco · clinic · genetic lab · city setting · London · Washington DC · Germany · Scotland · international travel · secret facilities · real-world setting

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Distance: 0.2312

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Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow

James Rollins · 2009 · Jake Ransom

A boy and his sister follow clues from their missing archaeologist parents into a hidden world of ancient cultures, dinosaurs, and danger.

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Premise labels: missing parents · archaeology adventure · lost civilizations · time displacement · mystery quest · alternate world · rescue mission · homecoming quest · artifact trigger · ancient cultures · kids in peril · evil ruler

Setting labels: modern-day beginning · museum setting · London · jungle · alternate world · lost civilization · prehistoric setting · ancient cultures · multi-civilization world · Pangea · Mayan setting · otherworldly realm

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Distance: 0.2351

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The Fallen

Charlie Higson · 2014 · The Enemy

Kids in post-apocalyptic London race for a cure while dangerous infected adults and strange new children close in.

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Premise labels: cure quest · survival · infected adults · kids vs zombies · medical supplies mission · end of the world

Setting labels: London · Natural History Museum · post-apocalyptic world · real-world locations · city ruins · museum refuge · unknown roads

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Distance: 0.2402

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The Boy Who Crashed to Earth

Judd Winick · 2015 · Hilo

A lonely kid and a crash-landed amnesiac alien team up to survive school, robots, and a mystery from space.

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Premise labels: alien visitor · amnesia mystery · ordinary kid · family of overachievers · school trouble · hidden mission · robot pursuit · friendship quest

Setting labels: modern-day Earth · school setting · small town · home life · science fictional reality · other dimension · alien world · portal travel

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Distance: 0.2462

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Cogheart

Peter Bunzl · 2016 · The Cogheart Adventures

A girl, a clockmaker's son, and a mechanical fox race through steampunk Victorian London to uncover a dangerous secret.

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Premise labels: missing parent · secret invention · mechanical companion · quest for answers · child in peril · pursuit by villains · protective friendship

Setting labels: Victorian London · alternate Victorian England · late 19th century · steampunk world · airships · clockwork world · urban adventure · industrial-era fantasy

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Distance: 0.2470

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Contagion

Teri Terry · 2017 · Dark Matter

A missing-girl search turns into a race through Scotland as a deadly epidemic and strange new abilities spread.

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Premise labels: missing person · epidemic outbreak · sibling search · medical mystery · quarantine · survival quest · secret experiment · supernatural twist

Setting labels: Scotland · UK · northern England · modern-day Europe · near future · quarantine zone · underground facility · secret lab · small-town setting · roadtrip setting

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Distance: 0.2534

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The Storm Begins

Damian Dibben · 2011 · History Keepers

Kidnapped in stormy London, a boy joins time-traveling agents to find his missing parents and stop history from being rewritten.

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Premise labels: missing parents · secret society · time travelers · history protection · time mission · family search · history alteration · world-saving quest · kidnapped protagonist · secret identity

Setting labels: London · 19th century France · 16th century Venice · historical Europe · present day · time travel · alternate history · historical adventure

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Distance: 0.2550

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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: 0.2555

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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X

James Patterson · 2008 · Daniel X

A superpowered teen alien hunter follows a deadly list of targets while chasing the alien who killed his parents.

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Premise labels: alien hunter · revenge quest · superpowered teen · list of targets · protect the earth · hidden identity · orphaned hero · bounty hunt

Setting labels: Earth · home planet · alien world · school setting · urban travel · small-town cover identity · contemporary setting · outer-space travel

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Distance: 0.2564

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InvestiGators

John Patrick Green · 2020 · InvestiGators

Two alligator detectives use spy gadgets and toilet travel to solve a pair of absurd mysteries.

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Premise labels: animal detectives · secret agents · missing person · missing chef · school undercover · mystery solving · multiple cases · crime-fighting duo · spy technology · toilet travel

Setting labels: sewer network · school · bakery · science factory · urban setting · real-world-plus-absurdity · animal detective world

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Distance: 0.2577

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Lady Mechanika Vol. 2: The Tablet of Destinies

Joe Benítez · 2016 · Lady Mechanika Volumes

A steampunk adventurer races across continents to rescue a friend’s family and stop a secretive power grab.

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Premise labels: rescue mission · artifact hunt · secret society · global adventure · ancient weapon · missing person · kidnapping · choice between loved one and world

Setting labels: London · Africa · Sahara Desert · jungle · Victorian setting · steampunk world

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Distance: 0.2582

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The Android

K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate · 1997 · Animorphs

Marco uncovers a hidden android ally, then joins a risky heist that forces brutal questions about war and pacifism.

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Premise labels: alien infiltration · hidden ally · pacifism vs war · mystery ally · rescue mission · heist mission

Setting labels: Earth · contemporary setting · hidden underground world · school setting · secret alien presence · fictional science-fiction reality

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2590

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