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Victoria Forester

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Similar in premise + setting

These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for The Girl Who Could Fly. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: girl with powers, special ability, secret school, hidden talent, outcast child, ordinary world intrusion, gifted children

Setting labels used: small town, rural setting, farm, country town, school setting, boarding school, secret institute, underground facility, contemporary setting, mixed-era feel, laboratories, top-secret facility, maximum-security school

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.

Cover of Starstruck by Brenda Hiatt

Starstruck

Brenda Hiatt · 2013 · Starstruck

A nerdy small-town teen’s crush on the new quarterback spirals into alien secrets, royal destiny, and danger.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2162

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Persephone

Lev Grossman · 2022

A bullied teen’s buried grief cracks open a hidden power and pulls her toward a secret world she barely understands.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2217

Cover of The Boy Who Knew Everything by Victoria Forester

The Boy Who Knew Everything

Victoria Forester · 2015 · Piper McCloud

A genius boy and a flying girl lead gifted kids on secret missions, uncovering a prophecy, family secrets, and a hidden world.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2311

Cover of Has Anyone Seen Jessica Jenkins? by Liz Kessler

Has Anyone Seen Jessica Jenkins?

Liz Kessler · 2015

A schoolgirl’s sudden invisibility draws her into a secret circle of kids with powers and a dangerous hidden origin.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2345

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Vanished: When Lightning Strikes / Code Name Cassandra

Meg Cabot · 2010 · 1-800-Where-R-You

After lightning grants a teen the power to find missing kids, she’s hunted by the FBI and everyone else.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2370

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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.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2415

Cover of The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Trenton Lee Stewart · 2008 · The Mysterious Benedict Society

Four gifted children are recruited for a secret mission at a ruleless school where puzzles, codes, and danger await.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2427

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The Institute

Stephen King · 2019

A kidnapped genius wakes up in a secret compound where children with psychic gifts are exploited and must fight to escape.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2515

Cover of Harbinger, Vol. 1: Omega Rising by Joshua Dysart

Harbinger, Vol. 1: Omega Rising

Joshua Dysart · 2013 · Harbinger (2012)

A troubled teen psychic is hunted, recruited into a secret power network, and pushed toward a world-changing conflict.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2600

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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.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2606

Cover of A Dark Inheritance by Chris d'Lacey

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.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2635

Cover of Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

Evil Genius

Catherine Jinks · 2005 · Genius

A lonely child genius is groomed for villainy at a secret academy, then starts questioning who he is and who to trust.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2683