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Tone labels used: fun, light, quirky, humorous, thought-provoking, adventurous, old-fashioned, playful, wry, uneven, soft

Premise labels used: accidental invention, one-way time travel, future jumping, graduate student protagonist, escape through time, scientific experiment gone wrong, search for a way back

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Project Nought: A Graphic Novel

Chelsey Furedi · 2023

A 1990s teen wakes in 2122 as part of a time-travel school program—and uncovers secrets, danger, and a crush.

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Tone labels: cute · fun · light · playful · sweet · humorous · adventurous · mysterious · twisty · heartwarming · slightly dark · hopeful · nervous · emotionally affecting

Premise labels: time travel experiment · future student exchange · past in the future · corporate conspiracy · memory wipe · future society · hidden agenda · teen subjects · brought to the future · investigation

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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Yasutaka Tsutsui · 2017

A schoolgirl discovers time-leaping abilities and, alongside a second story about fears, confronts memory, consequence, and change.

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Tone labels: simple · sweet · melancholic · heartwarming · quiet · light · nostalgic · sad · creepy · eerie · humorous · dry humor · absurd

Premise labels: time travel · accidental powers · mystery figure · teen protagonist · school life · psychological fear

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All Our Wrong Todays

Elan Mastai · 2017

A self-loathing time-traveler from a utopian 2016 lands in our world and must choose between two lives.

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Tone labels: quirky · humorous · wry · self-aware · lighthearted · bittersweet · romantic · thought-provoking · charming · sarcastic

Premise labels: alternate timeline · time travel mishap · utopian future · parallel reality · wrong timeline · fix the past · choice between worlds · identity crisis · love across timelines

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Chrononauts, Vol. 1

Mark Millar · 2015 · Chrononauts

Two genius friends invent time travel, then turn the past into a reckless playground as the timeline spirals out of control.

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Tone labels: lighthearted · silly · fun · irreverent · breezy · campy · juvenile · jazzy · wild · brazen · morally grubby

Premise labels: time travel experiment · scientist buddies · era-hopping adventure · historical hijinks · butterfly effect · mission gone wrong

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Distance: 0.1646

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The Time Bubble

Jason Ayres · 2021 · The Time Bubble

Two teens find a time bubble in a tunnel, and a harmless secret becomes a fast-escalating problem.

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Tone labels: Light-hearted · Fun · Uplifting · Enjoyable · Quirky · Entertaining · Amusing · Interesting · Ominous · Thought-provoking

Premise labels: Time portal · Time bubble · Future jumps · Teen discovery · Missing person · Police suspicion · Accidental travel · Doubled duration · Time anomaly

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Distance: 0.1654

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William Shakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future!

Ian Doescher · 2019

Back to the Future is reimagined as a Shakespearean play in verse, complete with rhymes, stagecraft, and Easter eggs.

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Tone labels: funny · clever · witty · delightful · silly · light · comic · nostalgic · playful · grand

Premise labels: time travel · fish-out-of-water · teen protagonist · destiny change · retro future · literary remix · movie-to-play adaptation · Shakespearean retelling

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Distance: 0.1675

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About Time: 12 Short Stories

Jack Finney · 1986

Twelve whimsical, nostalgic stories explore time travel, alternate possibilities, and the lure of better pasts.

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Tone labels: whimsical · nostalgic · gentle · light · charming · wistful · warm · comical · quaint · sentimental · low-key

Premise labels: time travel · alternate reality · escape from routine · second chance · exotic travel · temporal slip

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The Map of Time

Félix J. Palma · 2011 · Trilogía Victoriana

In Victorian London, three intertwined stories use time travel, literary figures, and shifting realities to challenge history.

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Tone labels: whimsical · rollicking · bizarre · melancholy · playful · dark · romantic · adventurous · strange · clever · literary

Premise labels: time travel · alternate timeline · historical revision · literary homage · investigation · save the past · future visit · parallel universe

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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

Tone labels: cute · fun · lighthearted · whimsical · adorable · quirky · playful · heartfelt · silly

Premise labels: young genius · dinosaur sidekick · time travel · hidden powers · identity struggle · fear of transformation · misfit protagonist · science adventure

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The Tatami Time Machine Blues

Tomihiko Morimi · 2023 · 四畳半シリーズ

A summer heatwave, a broken AC remote, and a time machine pull a Kyoto student crew into paradox-fueled hijinks.

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Tone labels: quirky · funny · irreverent · deadpan · lighthearted · breezy · madcap · warm · wholesome · bizarre · rompy · nostalgic · absurd · charming

Premise labels: time travel · closed time loop · butterfly effect · low stakes · ensemble cast · university students · summer vacation · acquired time machine · broken appliance · saving the universe

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To Say Nothing of the Dog

Connie Willis · 2003 · Oxford Time Travel

A time-lagged Oxford historian is sent to Victorian England, where an artifact hunt and one stray cat threaten history.

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Tone labels: witty · comic · lighthearted · breezy · madcap · romantic · playful · uplifting · absurd · optimistic · quirky

Premise labels: time travel · historical repair · artifact quest · space-time continuum · mistaken mission · catastrophe avoidance

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The Cave of Time

Edward Packard · 1979 · Choose Your Own Adventure

A lost hiker enters a mysterious cave and must navigate branching time-travel choices to find a way home.

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Tone labels: nostalgic · playful · whimsical · silly · mysterious · adventurous · lightweight · uneven · nostalgia-driven

Premise labels: time travel · branching choices · mysterious cave · past and future · survival challenge · homecoming quest · interactive adventure · multiple endings · cause and effect

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Distance: 0.1760

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