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Premise labels used: supervillain parents, secret identity, discovered powers, school life, friendship across sides, save the parents, villain kidnapping

Setting labels used: middle school, school setting, small town, secret world, superhero world, contemporary setting

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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.

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Premise labels: invisibility · superpowers · hidden abilities · kids with powers · ordinary child becomes extraordinary · secret origin · young heroes · friend-led investigation

Setting labels: school setting · middle school · teen contemporary · small-scale reality · lightly fantastical world · local adventure

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Distance: 0.1545

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Plutona

Jeff Lemire · 2016 · Plutona

When suburban kids find a dead superhero in the woods, their secret upends friendship, loyalty, and growing up.

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Premise labels: dead superhero · kids discover body · secret burden · superhero mystery · after-school discovery · friendship under strain · growing up under pressure

Setting labels: suburban · woods · after school · school setting · superhero world · ordinary people in superhero world

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Distance: 0.1606

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Flash Fire

T.J. Klune · 2021 · The Extraordinaries

A queer teen superhero sequel pits Nick and his friends against new threats, secrets, and a fraught reckoning with power.

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Premise labels: superhero team · high school life · secret identities · found family · boyfriends · new heroes · villain identification · adolescent coming-of-age

Setting labels: Nova City · fictional town · high school · contemporary setting · superhero world

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Distance: 0.1743

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Suddenly Super

Jen Calonita · 2023

A shy teen super is pulled into a villain’s scheme and must decide whom to trust when her family’s safety is on the line.

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Premise labels: alternate reality · what if · secret identity · hidden powers · family endangered · villain mentorship · manipulation · false ally · superhero training · family rescue

Setting labels: superhero world · alternate universe · contemporary setting · American setting · secret agency · suburban home · school party · villain base · Pixar universe

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Distance: 0.1778

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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.

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Premise labels: teen powers · emotional awakening · school bullying · hidden abilities · secret world · coming-of-age · disappearing parent · gifted teens · power eruption

Setting labels: high school · school setting · teen setting · contemporary setting · secret facility · hidden world · speculative reality

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Distance: 0.1841

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More Than Jamie Baker

Kelly Oram · 2013 · Jamie Baker

At college, a superpowered young woman tries to do good publicly while hiding her secret from friends, rivals, and authorities.

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Premise labels: superpowers · secret identity · hero reluctance · college life · romantic relationship · public exposure risk

Setting labels: college · campus life · contemporary setting · superhero reality · government scrutiny · scientist pursuit · public exposure · small-scale secret world

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Distance: 0.1883

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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.

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Premise labels: superpowered teenager · psychic powers · government pursuit · secret school · secret network · recruitment offer · destiny burden · power with a price · fugitive hero

Setting labels: secret school · secret organization · hidden psychic society · real-world-feeling setting · superhero universe · alternate-reality continuity · urban setting

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Distance: 0.1887

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Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride & Joy

Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona · 2006 · Runaways (2003-2009) (Collected Editions)

Six teens discover their parents are secret supervillains and run away together to survive, resist, and uncover the truth.

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Premise labels: runaway teens · villain parents · secret society · discover hidden powers · found family · kids vs parents · teens on the run · supervillain legacy

Setting labels: contemporary · Los Angeles · suburban wealth · secret society · superhero reality

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Distance: 0.1966

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Teen Titans: Beast Boy

Kami Garcia · 2020 · Teen Titans

A lonely teen chases popularity and discovers his body is changing in ways that force him to rethink who matters.

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Premise labels: origin story · high school coming-of-age · identity crisis · popularity chase · superpowered transformation · teen hero

Setting labels: small town · high school · senior year · modern day · Georgia · teen reality · fictional superhero universe

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Distance: 0.1967

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Invincible, Vol. 3: Perfect Strangers

Robert Kirkman · 2004 · Invincible

A teen hero faces a shattering family truth that upends his life, his world, and the superhero status quo.

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Premise labels: superhero legacy · father-son conflict · hidden identity · power inheritance · team replacement · secret alien agenda · coming of age

Setting labels: Earth · superhero community · intergalactic empire · high school · modern setting · galactic scale

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Distance: 0.1977

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Super Powereds: Year 1

Drew Hayes · 2013 · Super Powereds

Five new college students hide a dangerous secret while training to become certified superheroes.

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Premise labels: superhero school · secret identity · experimental procedure · power control · hidden powers · hero certification · outcasts to heroes · training program · found family · social hierarchy

Setting labels: college campus · superhero academy · university setting · contemporary setting · real-world adjacent · secret training program · hero certification program

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Distance: 0.1979

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Runaways: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1

Brian K. Vaughan · 2006 · Runaways: The Complete Collection

Six teens uncover their parents' deadly secret and go on the run, forming a rebellious superhero team.

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Premise labels: evil parents · runaway teens · found family · secret identities · teen superheroes · legacy conflict · generational conflict · criminal parents

Setting labels: modern-day · Los Angeles · Southern California · Marvel universe · superhero world · suburban elite · teen social world

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Distance: 0.1985

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