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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Blood Ties.
Setting labels used: contemporary, school setting, school disco, clinic, genetic lab, city setting, London, Washington DC, Germany, Scotland, international travel, secret facilities, real-world setting
Focused on “real-world setting” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A boy hunting his missing father teams with intelligent beetles to uncover a sinister insect-fueled plot.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · Natural History Museum · school setting · urban adventure · real-world setting · secret laboratory · inhabited house
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1996
A snarky winged teen and her flock race to stop a corporation’s plan to remake humanity and cut the population in half.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · global travel · United States · Europe · Germany · Hawaii · Los Angeles · school lab setting · corporate headquarters · modern times
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1851
A brilliant but socially isolated teen wins a science prize, then a lab discovery pulls her into dangerous international intrigue.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · laboratory · science competition · Stockholm · Sweden · Europe · California · Russia · international setting · contemporary world · real-world science setting · academic research setting · underground lab · secret lab · ballrooms
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2022
Haunted and hunted, a sarcastic teen metahuman faces a city-threatening enemy while searching for answers about her mother.
Why this is here
Setting labels: urban setting · contemporary setting · school/campus setting · compound setting · secret facility · modern world · superpowered world · government organization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2075
Genetically engineered winged teens go to school, dodge enemies, and uncover more of the secret behind their origins.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school setting · lab setting · safe house · runaway road trip · Washington DC area · Florida · Everglades · contemporary near-future · real-world setting · experimental science
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2418
A banned-origami field trip to Washington, D.C. turns into bus chaos, crush drama, and surprise revelations.
Why this is here
Setting labels: middle school · school bus · field trip · Washington, D.C. · school day · museum visit · real-world setting · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2442
In a modern alternate universe, mutant youths gather under Xavier while Magneto and the government push the world toward war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · alternate universe · modern America · Earth-like world · secret-government world · school setting · global setting · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2143
A teen agent-in-training at a secret London academy must rescue her sister while deciding whom she can trust.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · academy · internat setting · secret organization · secret government agency · British government · crown service · school setting · training facility · contemporary fantasy world · speculative setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2171
A quiet teen's dream of a stranger pulls her and her classmates into a mystery of strange powers and time travel.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school setting · classroom setting · teen life · contemporary Denmark · real-world setting · meteor storm · time-travel universe · scientific research · astronomy · astrophysics
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2479
Marco confronts his possessed mother and a deadly war plan that could save the world or destroy him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · wartime setting · urban setting · school setting · office building · morphing world · alien invasion · secret resistance · middle-school world · hidden colony
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2200
Mutant winged teens search for their origins while trying to survive a new home, school, and old enemies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Washington, D.C. · school setting · hospital setting · federal agent home · contemporary urban setting · shared house setting · science-fiction reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2245
A bullied teen’s buried grief cracks open a hidden power and pulls her toward a secret world she barely understands.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · school setting · teen setting · contemporary setting · secret facility · hidden world · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2303
