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It Came From the Sky

Chelsea Sedoti

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Premise labels used: alien hoax, science experiment gone wrong, small-town chaos, brother prank, cover-up, social experiment, fake alien invasion, mass belief

Setting labels used: small town, Pennsylvania, family farm, high school, contemporary setting, real-world setting

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The Loop

Jeremy Robert Johnson · 2020

A lonely teen and her outsider friends race to survive a biotech-fueled night of violence in their Oregon town.

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Premise labels: science experiment gone wrong · biotech conspiracy · outcast teens · small-town outbreak · survive the night · bioengineering accident · corporate sabotage · teen survival · violent contagion

Setting labels: small town · rural Oregon · Pacific Northwest · tourist town · high school setting · contemporary setting · biotech town · cave setting · one-night setting

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Distance: 0.2036

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The Rules

Stacey Kade · 2013 · Project Paper Doll

A hidden alien-human hybrid must survive high school, a bully, and a dangerous crush without exposing her secret.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien hybrid · hidden identity · lab escape · life in hiding · dangerous secret · fake dating · revenge plan · bully retaliation · forbidden romance · ordinary life disguise

Setting labels: high school · small town · Wisconsin · present day · laboratory · school setting · hidden-in-plain-sight · near-lab hometown · contemporary setting

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Distance: 0.2133

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Bent Heavens

Daniel Kraus · 2020

A grieving teen reopens her father’s alien hunt and finds the truth is far stranger—and darker—than anyone believed.

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Premise labels: missing parent · alien abduction · small-town mystery · teen investigation · secret trap · captured alien · government conspiracy · family grief · revenge

Setting labels: small-town Iowa · rural Iowa · high school setting · woods · contemporary setting · school environment · present day

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Distance: 0.2199

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Bond

Tasha Black · 2016 · Stargazer Alien Mail Order Brides

A college student expecting an egg-donation payout instead gets chosen to bond with an alien visitor on Earth.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien mate selection · hidden agenda · egg donation setup · earth contact · human-alien bonding · study humans

Setting labels: contemporary Earth · small town · Pennsylvania · festival setting · lab setting · rural town · human civilization

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Distance: 0.2246

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The Forevers

Chris Whitaker · 2021

With a month left before an asteroid ends the world, a misfit teen hunts the truth behind her friend’s death.

Why this is here

Premise labels: asteroid impact · end of the world · countdown · small town crisis · suspicious death · consequence-free behavior

Setting labels: small town · coastal town · high school · pre-apocalyptic future · present-day contemporary reality

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Distance: 0.2339

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The Taking

Kimberly Derting · 2014 · The Taking

A teen returns after five missing years unchanged, and must uncover what happened while her world moved on without her.

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Premise labels: alien abduction · missing time · memory loss · returnee · special powers · identity crisis · lost life

Setting labels: small town · contemporary earth · high school aged world · roadside gas station

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Distance: 0.2349

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Dead of Night

Jonathan Maberry · 2011 · Dead of Night

A prison-executed serial killer becomes the spark for a fast-moving zombie outbreak in rural Pennsylvania.

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Premise labels: zombie outbreak · bioweapon accident · serial killer · contagion · small-town crisis · containment

Setting labels: rural Pennsylvania · small town · county setting · mortuary · prison · funeral home · stormbound setting · contemporary setting

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Distance: 0.2380

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The God Project

John Saul · 1983

In an 1980s small town, grieving parents uncover a secret genetic project tied to missing and endangered children.

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Premise labels: missing children · child endangerment · genetic engineering · secret experiment · government conspiracy · medical conspiracy · scientific hubris · small-town panic · sudden infant death

Setting labels: small town · Massachusetts · 1980s · New England · contemporary 1980s setting

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Distance: 0.2445

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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.

Why this is here

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: 0.2452

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The Tommyknockers

Stephen King · 1993

A buried alien force in a Maine town slowly twists its residents, as two damaged friends dig toward the truth.

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Premise labels: alien object · buried spaceship · small-town takeover · mysterious influence · mind control · body horror · invasive force · discovery turns dangerous

Setting labels: small town · rural community · Maine · woods · backyard discovery · isolated town · post-Cold War era · 1980s

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Distance: 0.2464

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Invasion

Robin Cook · 1997

A doctor-to-be and his friends race to stop a strange virus that turns people into something not quite human.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien invasion · virus outbreak · medical crisis · covert contagion · collective consciousness · environmental agenda

Setting labels: contemporary setting · college town · hospital setting · American town · global outbreak · late 1990s

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Distance: 0.2470

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All Flesh Is Grass

Clifford D. Simak · 1985

A failed small-town businessman is pulled into first contact when an invisible barrier seals off his town.

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Premise labels: first contact · alien invasion · small town trapped · invisible barrier · alternate Earth · telepathic plants · collective intelligence · benign invasion

Setting labels: small town · rural America · Midwestern town · 1960s · Cold War era · parallel world · alternate Earths · time-different worlds · grounded Earth setting

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Distance: 0.2477

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