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Premise labels used: android identity, hidden identity, on the run, manufactured self, humanity question, government pursuit, secret project, artificial intelligence, memory loss, identity crisis

Setting labels used: small town, Minnesota, high school, rural town, alternate present, United States, government facility, lab setting, farm town, school setting

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The Rules

Stacey Kade · 2013 · Project Paper Doll

A hidden alien-human hybrid must survive high school, a bully, and a dangerous crush without exposing her secret.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien hybrid · hidden identity · lab escape · life in hiding · dangerous secret · fake dating · revenge plan · bully retaliation · forbidden romance · ordinary life disguise

Setting labels: high school · small town · Wisconsin · present day · laboratory · school setting · hidden-in-plain-sight · near-lab hometown · contemporary setting

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Supergirl: Being Super

Mariko Tamaki · 2018 · Supergirl: Being Super

A teen girl with hidden superpowers must confront grief, secrets, and her alien past to choose where she belongs.

Why this is here

Premise labels: origin story · coming of age · secret identity · hidden powers · alien identity · dual belonging · small-town life · teen life · family secret · mystery past · loss and grief · powers in flux · choose a world

Setting labels: small-town America · Midwestern town · farm setting · high school · present day · Earth · Krypton · alternate continuity · noncanonical story · Elseworlds · modern setting

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The Taking

Kimberly Derting · 2014 · The Taking

A teen returns after five missing years unchanged, and must uncover what happened while her world moved on without her.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien abduction · missing time · memory loss · returnee · special powers · identity crisis · lost life

Setting labels: small town · contemporary earth · high school aged world · roadside gas station

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Distance: 0.2409

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Everyone We've Been

Sarah Everett · 2016

After an accident, a teen violinist loses memories and sees an invisible boy, leading her into a buried secret about her past.

Why this is here

Premise labels: memory loss · memory erasure · missing memories · mysterious boy · medical mystery · accident aftermath · first love · identity crisis · family secret

Setting labels: contemporary · small town · high school · clinic setting · medical facility · post-accident · present day · teen life

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The Prettiest Star

Jadzia Axelrod · 2022 · Galaxy

An alien princess hiding as a human boy on Earth must choose between safety and living openly when she falls in love.

Why this is here

Premise labels: secret identity · coming out · trans identity · alien refugee · disguise · first love · self-discovery · hidden princess

Setting labels: Earth · small town · high school · outer space · alien planet · post-war refugee setting

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Distance: 0.2458

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Catfishing on CatNet

Naomi Kritzer · 2019 · CatNet

A teen on the run finds safety in an online cat-photo community, until an AI ally and hidden pasts collide.

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Premise labels: sentient AI · online community · teen on the run · found family · protective AI · internet privacy · social media

Setting labels: near future · small town · Midwest · Wisconsin · school setting · online space · social media platform · digital world · contemporary-adjacent · tech-saturated

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Bent Heavens

Daniel Kraus · 2020

A grieving teen reopens her father’s alien hunt and finds the truth is far stranger—and darker—than anyone believed.

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Premise labels: missing parent · alien abduction · small-town mystery · teen investigation · secret trap · captured alien · government conspiracy · family grief · revenge

Setting labels: small-town Iowa · rural Iowa · high school setting · woods · contemporary setting · school environment · present day

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Shattered

Teri Terry · 2014 · Slated

A memory-wiped teen flees a brutal regime, unearths her past, and faces truths that could reshape her future.

Why this is here

Premise labels: memory wipe · identity search · on the run · government resistance · biological family search · oppressive regime

Setting labels: dystopian future · remote mountain town · school setting · boarding house · controlled society · wilderness

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It Came From the Sky

Chelsea Sedoti · 2020

A teen science nerd and his prankster brother fake an alien invasion, and their small-town lie spirals wildly out of control.

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Premise labels: alien hoax · science experiment gone wrong · small-town chaos · brother prank · cover-up · social experiment · fake alien invasion · mass belief

Setting labels: small town · Pennsylvania · family farm · high school · contemporary setting · 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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Limetown: The Prequel to the #1 Podcast

Cote Smith · 2018

A teen journalist investigates a mass disappearance tied to her missing uncle and a secret research facility.

Why this is here

Premise labels: missing persons · research facility · family mystery · journalist investigation · parallel timelines · psychic powers · secret experiment · prequel backstory

Setting labels: small town · Tennessee · Kansas · college · high school · research facility · secret lab · investigative journalism world · alternate past

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Out of Body: A Thrilling YA Body-Swap Tale of Friendship and Identity

Nia Davenport · 2024

A Black teen wakes up in her friend’s body and must outwit secrets, tech, and betrayal to reclaim her life.

Why this is here

Premise labels: body swap · identity crisis · friendship betrayal · race against time · false identity · tech conspiracy · secret agenda

Setting labels: high school · coffee shop · party scene · contemporary setting · Georgia

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Distance: 0.2564

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