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NaRae Lee, James Patterson

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Premise labels used: genetically engineered children, fugitive youth, wings, search for origins, search for parents, forced normalcy, school adjustment, safe-house living, experiment escapees

Setting labels used: New York City, Washington, D.C., school setting, hospital setting, federal agent home, contemporary urban setting, shared house setting, science-fiction reality

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School's Out—Forever

James Patterson · 2006 · Maximum Ride

Genetically engineered winged teens go to school, dodge enemies, and uncover more of the secret behind their origins.

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Premise labels: genetically engineered children · avian hybrids · on the run · forced school · save the world · clone conflict · secret origins · found family · pursued by enemies · identity search

Setting labels: school setting · lab setting · safe house · runaway road trip · Washington DC area · Florida · Everglades · contemporary near-future · real-world setting · experimental science

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Boy 2.0

Tracey Baptiste · 2024 · Boy 2.0

A foster kid discovers invisibility after a terrifying encounter and must uncover his origins while deciding whom to trust.

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Premise labels: foster care · invisibility · superpower origin · identity search · found family · science experiment

Setting labels: contemporary · present day · New Jersey · foster home · neighborhood · biotech lab · school · urban setting · grounded speculative fiction

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Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

James Patterson · 2007 · Maximum Ride

A snarky winged teen and her flock race to stop a corporation’s plan to remake humanity and cut the population in half.

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Premise labels: genetically engineered teens · bird-human hybrids · on the run · save the world · evil corporation · mad scientists · master race plot · population cull · family survival · fugitive team

Setting labels: contemporary setting · global travel · United States · Europe · Germany · Hawaii · Los Angeles · school lab setting · corporate headquarters · modern times

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Ultimate X-Men, Vol. 1: The Tomorrow People

Mark Millar, Adam Kubert, Andy Kubert · 2002 · Ultimate X-Men (2001) (Collected Editions)

In a modern alternate universe, mutant youths gather under Xavier while Magneto and the government push the world toward war.

Why this is here

Premise labels: mutant uprising · genetic mutation · secret war · human-mutant conflict · school for mutants · government crackdown · superteam rivalry · reimagined origin · recruitment story · world on the brink

Setting labels: contemporary setting · alternate universe · modern America · Earth-like world · secret-government world · school setting · global setting · urban setting

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Primer

Jennifer Muro, Thomas Krajewski · 2020 · Primer (collected issues)

A foster kid artist gains color-based superpowers from secret body paints and must protect her new family from the military.

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Premise labels: foster care · found family · superhero origin · body paint powers · artistic heroine · government pursuit · secret experiment · teen empowerment

Setting labels: foster home · group home · government lab · military program · DC Universe · school setting

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The Dysasters

P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast · 2019 · The Dysasters

Two teens awaken air powers during a deadly tornado and flee a scientist who engineered them for control.

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Premise labels: genetically engineered teens · elemental powers · weather control · on the run · mad scientist · secret experiment · teen fugitives · power awakening · world domination · chosen pair · superpowered teenagers

Setting labels: contemporary · modern day · American countryside · small town · high school · road trip · secret safe house · real world with powers

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Blood Ties

Sophie McKenzie · 2008 · Blood Ties

Two teens uncover hidden truths about their births and identities while fleeing extremists and a secret genetic conspiracy.

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Premise labels: missing father · identity mystery · cloning · genetic engineering · teen on the run · scientific conspiracy · family secrets · birth mystery · fugitives · experimental births

Setting labels: contemporary · school setting · school disco · clinic · genetic lab · city setting · London · Washington DC · Germany · Scotland · international travel · secret facilities · real-world setting

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The Vision

Tom King, Gabriel Hernández Walta · 2018 · The Vision (2015)

An android builds a suburban family and learns that passing as normal can become a tragic, deadly experiment.

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Premise labels: synthetic family · android identity · normal life · suburban family · humanity quest · belonging quest · family drama · social integration · secret domesticity · ordinary life

Setting labels: suburbs · Washington, D.C. · American suburbia · White House · school setting · laboratory · superhero universe · near-future sci-fi · domestic setting

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G.O.D.S: Gifted. Obedient. Deadly. Students.

Jaye Pratt · 2021 · G.O.D.S

A foster teen with missing memories is pulled into a secret program of weaponized students and a dangerous why-choose bond.

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Premise labels: amnesia · memory loss · foster care · secret organization · genetically engineered humans · child soldiers · protective harem · lost identity · mystery note · revenge

Setting labels: high school · contemporary setting · current time · secret program · school and foster home space

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Don't Even Think About It

Sarah Mlynowski · 2014 · Don't Even Think About It

After a flu shot gives one high-school homeroom telepathy, secrets, crushes, and drama explode in a shared voice.

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Premise labels: telepathy · mind reading · flu shot accident · secret-keeping · high school drama · teen group dynamics · small-group premise · power-with-consequences · classroom ensemble

Setting labels: New York City · NYC high school · high school homeroom · teen social world · school nurse office · contemporary setting · modern-day setting · school-based setting

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Mutation

Robin Cook · 1998

A fertility doctor secretly engineers a genius child, then watches his experiment grow into a terrifying threat.

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Premise labels: genetic engineering · designer baby · perfect child · superintelligence · bioethical experiment · playing god · child prodigy · genetic tampering · surrogate pregnancy · science vs ethics

Setting labels: medical setting · laboratory setting · hospital setting · fertility clinic · biotech research · late 20th century · contemporary to publication · scientific realism

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Uninvited

Sophie Jordan · 2014 · Uninvited

In a near-future society, a teen prodigy is branded with a violent-gene test result and cast out of her old life.

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Premise labels: kill gene · genetic profiling · future violence · forced testing · ostracized carrier · nature vs nurture

Setting labels: near-future · futuristic United States · high school · privileged school · public school · detention camp · training facility · dystopian society · government control · class segregation

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Distance: 0.2457

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