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A Wind in the Door

Madeleine L'Engle

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Premise labels used: sibling rescue, illness crisis, cosmic battle, inner journey, microcosm macrocosm, named identity, good vs evil, journey within

Setting labels used: contemporary Earth, school setting, home setting, subcellular setting, inner body, cosmic setting, alternate reality, space and time, microcosmic world

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The Time Trilogy

Madeleine L'Engle · 1979 · Time Quintet

A three-book time-travel fantasy following the Murray family through cosmic quests, spiritual battles, and big ideas.

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Premise labels: time travel · missing parent · cosmic battle · good versus evil · family adventure · space and time travel · save the world · coming-of-age adventure · rescue mission · sibling quest

Setting labels: space and time · other planets · Earth · microscopic world · inside the body · cosmic setting · small-town school setting · fictional universe · 1960s context

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1766

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Takopi's Original Sin

Taizan 5 · 2023 · タコピーの原罪 [Takopī no Genzai]

A naive alien uses time travel to try to save a bullied fourth grader, but each fix deepens a tragic spiral.

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Premise labels: alien visitor · happiness quest · time travel · bullying · child trauma · broken home · suicide · misguided help

Setting labels: Earth · school setting · home setting · elementary school · childhood world · alien world · dystopian atmosphere · contemporary setting

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1795

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A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel

Hope Larson, Madeleine L'Engle · 2012

A girl, her brother, and a friend cross space and time to find her missing father and face a cosmic darkness.

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Premise labels: missing parent · rescue mission · space-time travel · interdimensional journey · cosmic threat · family quest · child heroes · mysterious guides · good vs evil · coming of age

Setting labels: small-town family life · Earth · other worlds · space · time travel · alternate dimension · planetary setting · cosmic setting · fictional universe

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1931

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A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle · 2017 · Time Quintet

A bullied girl, her gifted brother, and a friend cross space-time to rescue a missing father from cosmic evil.

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Premise labels: missing parent · rescue quest · interstellar journey · good vs evil · family quest · battle with darkness · gifted child · outsider protagonist · time travel · tesseract travel

Setting labels: small-town home · Earth · other planets · space and time · fifth dimension · fantastical universe · domestic setting · intergalactic setting

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Distance: 0.1936

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A Wizard Alone

Diane Duane · 2005 · Young Wizards

A grieving young wizard and his partner race to rescue an autistic prodigy trapped in a dangerous magical ordeal.

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Premise labels: rescue mission · missing wizard · prolonged ordeal · autistic wizard · grief aftermath · mind journey · battle evil · special powers

Setting labels: contemporary fantasy · magical worlds · mindscape · internal landscape · school-age world · urban fantasy setting · otherworld travel · Dream setting

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Distance: 0.1956

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Portalmania: Stories

Debbie Urbanski · 2025

A genre-bending short story collection where portals, marriages, and identity crises expose the costs of escape and desire.

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Premise labels: portals · escape · alternate realities · identity · otherness · desire · marriage · motherhood · family conflict · transformation

Setting labels: contemporary · small town · domestic sphere · boarding school · space · alternate reality · speculative reality · near future · mythic realism

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Distance: 0.1968

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Light Years From Home

Mike Chen · 2022

A fractured family reunites when a long-missing brother returns with an alien story—and old wounds resurface fast.

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Premise labels: alien abduction · family drama · missing sibling · estranged siblings · family mystery · intergalactic war · return from absence · trauma aftermath

Setting labels: contemporary Earth · present day · intergalactic war · space setting · Earth-bound · camping trip setting · cross-country

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Distance: 0.1968

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Gideon Falls, Vol. 6: The End

Jeff Lemire · 2021 · Gideon Falls

A small-town horror finale sends a ragtag group across realities to confront a multiversal evil and its mystery barn.

Why this is here

Premise labels: multiverse crisis · evil force confrontation · chosen ones · apocalyptic threat · cosmic horror · psychiatric mystery · small-town horror

Setting labels: small town · rural setting · parallel universes · multiple timelines · alternate realities · interdimensional reality · cosmic setting

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Distance: 0.2033

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Parallel

Claudia Lefeve · 2011 · Travelers

An orphan with hidden powers is pulled into a parallel reality where family, identity, and time are all unsettled.

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Premise labels: orphan protagonist · foster care · alternate reality · hidden identity · powers awakening · wrong reality · family reunion · chosen one · parallel worlds · time travel

Setting labels: alternate universe · parallel worlds · contemporary · high school · foster home · group home · private school

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Distance: 0.2043

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Circle Series 4-in-1

Ted Dekker · 2011 · The Circle

A man split between two realities must race to save both worlds from catastrophe, evil, and a fate tied to his dreams.

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Premise labels: dual worlds · dream exchange · parallel realities · apocalyptic stakes · hero between worlds · faith allegory · good vs evil

Setting labels: contemporary world · alternate world · future world · fantasy world · physical spiritual realm · forest setting · apocalyptic setting · cyclical time

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2091

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Parasyte, Volume 4

Hitoshi Iwaaki · 2008 · Parasyte (8 Volumes Edition)

A teen secretly linked to a parasite is pulled into escalating danger as other parasites infiltrate society and politics.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · body sharing · secret identity · parasitic takeover · humanity vs inhumanity · social infiltration · psychic sensitivity

Setting labels: high school · contemporary Earth · urban society · human society · political sphere · school setting · social infiltration setting · scientific/observational reality

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Distance: 0.2102

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Anchored

Bridget E. Baker · 2021 · Anchored

A runaway teen wakes between Earth and a hidden world, where her secret power could save—or doom—both realities.

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Premise labels: dual worlds · alternate reality · hidden power · secret identity · runaway · missing past · dream world · worlds colliding · prophecy · chosen one · interworld connection · two-life protagonist

Setting labels: Earth · Terra · alternate reality · contemporary setting · fantasy realm · parallel worlds · urban fantasy setting · mythic world

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2106

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