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Premise labels used: time travel, secret society, boarding school, special abilities, team dynamics, mystery identity, search for mother, forbidden romance, coming of age

Setting labels used: modern day world, Chicago, boarding school, secret society, hidden magical world, real world plus fantasy layer, past and future time travel, special school

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Cover of Stealing Infinity by Alyson Noel

Stealing Infinity

Alyson Noel · 2022 · Stolen Beauty

A troubled teen is sent to a secret island academy where time travel, stolen artifacts, and hidden agendas collide.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · boarding school · secret academy · artifact theft · mysterious power · elite recruitment · remote island school · hidden agenda

Setting labels: remote island · off-the-grid school · boarding school · secret society · luxury setting · modern setting · historical past · time travel world

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1425

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Golden Blood

Melissa Pearl · 2012 · Time Spirit Trilogy

A secretive teen time traveler falls for a normal boy, risking her family’s rules, safety, and the past itself.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travelers · secret identity · forbidden romance · family secret · changing history · mission to past · hidden powers · reluctant heroine · star-crossed lovers

Setting labels: present day · past eras · high school · Florida · secret family world · alternate history · contemporary fantasy

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1501

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Saphirblau

Kerstin Gier · 2010 · Edelstein-Trilogie

A teenage time traveler is swept into 18th-century missions, secrets, and a chaotic romance that keeps shifting under her feet.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · secret society · prophecy · bloodline mystery · world-saving mission · forbidden romance · teen protagonist

Setting labels: present day · eighteenth century · historical periods · alternate reality · secret world · school setting · aristocratic society

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1596

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Ruling Destiny

Alyson Noel · 2023 · Stolen Beauty

At a secretive time-travel academy, Natasha races through history for artifacts while deciding whom to trust—and who may be lying.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · school mystery · artifact quest · secretive academy · trust nobody · love triangle · time heist · puzzle hunt · history mission · hidden ability · magical school · identity mystery

Setting labels: boarding school · academy setting · secret school · historical eras · Renaissance Italy · Regency England · Regency era · Italian Renaissance · urban fantasy world · time travel world · dark academia · off-grid school

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Distance: 0.1723

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Cover of The Box and the Dragonfly by Ted Sanders

The Box and the Dragonfly

Ted Sanders · 2015 · The Keepers

A curious boy follows a sign with his name to a hidden warehouse and is drawn into a dangerous conflict over magical objects.

Why this is here

Premise labels: chosen one · hidden world · magical artifact · secret society · ancient conflict · power bond · kid hero · dual powers · quest

Setting labels: contemporary Chicago · hidden magical world · secret warehouse · underground setting · school-age world · parallel reality · urban fantasy · time travel

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1809

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Glitch

Laura Martin · 2020

Two rival time-travel cadets must team up after a warning from the future threatens their academy and the timeline.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel school · time travel mission · preserve history · change history · future warning · rival pairing · save the world · secret program · special ability · illegal message

Setting labels: academy · futuristic world · alternate history · historical time periods · government training program · secret school

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Distance: 0.1812

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Cover of Paths Not Taken by Simon R. Green

Paths Not Taken

Simon R. Green · 2005 · Nightside

A hidden-city detective journeys into the past to uncover his world’s origin and stop his own mother from destroying it.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · origin mystery · hidden city · creator mystery · family secret · stopping apocalypse · finding things · alternate timelines · paradox loop · past investigation

Setting labels: hidden London · parallel city · alternate reality · urban supernatural · timeless realm · historical Nightside · past and future · mythic world · time travel setting

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Distance: 0.1817

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Bumi

Tere Liye · 2014 · Bumi

A 15-year-old girl who can disappear is pulled into a hidden world where her secret ties to larger clan conflicts.

Why this is here

Premise labels: hidden power · invisible protagonist · parallel world · secret identity · teenage adventure · gifted trio · clan conflict · coming-of-age

Setting labels: contemporary school life · parallel world · fictional clan system · secondary world

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Distance: 0.1862

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Cover of The Named by Marianne Curley

The Named

Marianne Curley · 2005 · Guardians of Time

A teen Guardian must train a new apprentice while battling a secret force that tries to rewrite history.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · history protection · chosen one · secret organization · guardians · training mentor · apprenticeship · prophecy · good vs evil · altered history

Setting labels: modern day · historical travel · past and present · alternate history · hidden world · interdimensional · urban fantasy setting · worlds collide

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1893

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Marking Time

April White · 2022 · The Immortal Descendants

A graffiti-tagging teen time traveler hunts her missing mother through Victorian London and a hidden world of immortal bloodlines.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · hidden heritage · missing parent · boarding school · secret world · supernatural families · historical encounter · mystery chase · forbidden romance · race against time

Setting labels: London · Victorian London · 19th century England · modern-day London · United States · boarding school · underground tunnels · Tube station · urban fantasy setting · historical-fantasy setting

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1894

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Cover of Vortex by Julie Cross

Vortex

Julie Cross · 2013 · Tempest

A teen time-travel agent trains with a secret CIA division while dangerous alternate timelines and a lost love close in.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · secret agency · CIA division · spy thriller · alternate timeline · erased relationship · forbidden love · world at stake · dangerous secrets · double agency

Setting labels: near-present · alternate timeline · parallel worlds · CIA setting · New York · time travel reality · secret government agency · future timeline · school-age world · contemporary setting

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Distance: 0.1900

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Cover of Films die nergens draaien by Yorick Goldewijk

Films die nergens draaien

Yorick Goldewijk · 2021

A lonely girl finds a mysterious cinema and is drawn into time travel to uncover family truths and face her loss.

Why this is here

Premise labels: mystery cinema · time travel · missing mother · absent father · search for truth · memory travel · coming of age

Setting labels: contemporary · fantasy reality · old cinema · school life · home setting · past and present · memory-space

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1917

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Cover of The Inventor's Secret by Chad Morris

The Inventor's Secret

Chad Morris · 2013 · Cragbridge Hall

In a futuristic school where students experience history firsthand, twin siblings race to uncover a family secret.

Why this is here

Premise labels: futuristic school · historical immersion · family disappearance · clue trail · inventor secrets · time travel mystery · hidden invention · elite academy · race against time

Setting labels: future · 2074 · futuristic school · elite academy · boarding school · technological classroom · history simulation · alternate education · time travel setting

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1917

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Cover of Cały ten czas by Hania Czaban

Cały ten czas

Hania Czaban · 2022

A teen in a time-looped future travels to uncover her parents’ fate and the truth behind the endless storm.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time loop · missing parents · journey to the city · time travel · mystery quest · science-driven mystery

Setting labels: dystopian future · post-apocalyptic world · time loop world · futuristic city · small-town to city journey · Polish setting

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Distance: 0.1950

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Cover of Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue

Skipshock

Caroline O'Donoghue · 2025 · Skipshock

A grieving teen slips into a time-warped world by train and is pulled into rebellion, secrets, and slow-burn romance.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time as power · parallel worlds · interworld travel · traveling salesman · boarding school · runaway teen · accidental transport · hunt for protagonist · revolution · rebellion · survival stakes · secret identity · bartered alliance · forbidden travel · life expectancy economy

Setting labels: interconnected worlds · train network · boarding school setting · boarding houses · markets · moving cities · time-dilated worlds · north south divide · fantasy world · science-fantasy world · portal world · parallel universe · repressive regime · rebellion setting · rail travel

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Distance: 0.1962

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Cover of Portal by Imogen Rose

Portal

Imogen Rose · 2010 · Portal Chronicles

A tomboy hockey player wakes in an alternate life as a cheerleader and must untangle what changed—and why.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alternate reality · time travel · identity swap · double life · family mystery · hidden portal · changed life · second chance · parallel world · teen romance

Setting labels: California · New Jersey · alternate dimension · alternate universe · past and present · high school · teen world · suburban

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Distance: 0.1965

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Cover of Life Is Strange Vol. 3: Strings by Emma Vieceli

Life Is Strange Vol. 3: Strings

Emma Vieceli · 2020 · Life is Strange Comics

Max must confess her true origin and face alternate realities while fighting to get back to the Chloe she lost.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · alternate realities · multiverse · identity reveal · homecoming quest · truth confession · romantic reunion · search for missing love

Setting labels: small-town setting · high school age · alternate timelines · parallel reality · fictionalized world · video game universe

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Distance: 0.1969

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Cover of Persephone by Lev Grossman

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.

Why this is here

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

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1970

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Cover of Alliance by Mark Frost

Alliance

Mark Frost · 2035 · The Paladin Prophecy

A teen with emerging powers stays at a secretive school over summer and uncovers deeper truths, betrayals, and danger.

Why this is here

Premise labels: secret society · chosen teens · special powers · coming-of-power · hidden conspiracy · quest for answers · friend-or-foe · good versus evil · superpowered students · mystery uncovering · summer investigation

Setting labels: boarding school · summer break · secret campus · underground city · caves and caverns · hidden world · modern setting · off-campus quest

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1987

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Cover of Pivot Point by Kasie West

Pivot Point

Kasie West · 2013 · Pivot Point

A teen with the power to preview choices must pick between two futures after her parents' divorce—while danger closes in.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alternate futures · choice dilemma · supernatural abilities · secret community · divorce decision · love triangle · murder mystery · hidden world

Setting labels: secret compound · norm world · modern day · high school setting · walled community · hidden society · technologically advanced community · school community

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Distance: 0.1989

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Cover of The Vexed Generation by Scott Meyer

The Vexed Generation

Scott Meyer · 2019 · Magic 2.0

When their parents are frozen and magic surfaces, teenage twins race through a bizarre hidden world to save their family.

Why this is here

Premise labels: teen protagonists · twins · secret magical world · family mystery · parents in danger · quest · discovering magic · time travel · hidden past · next generation · mystery · on the run · save parents

Setting labels: modern day · alternate reality · magical world · time travel · computer simulation · Victorian England · wizard community · amusement park

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2002

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Cover of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Vol. 1: BFF by Brandon Montclare

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Vol. 1: BFF

Brandon Montclare, Amy Reeder · 2016 · Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

A preteen genius tries to stop her own transformation, but a time-lost dinosaur turns her plan into chaos and friendship.

Why this is here

Premise labels: young genius · dinosaur sidekick · time travel · hidden powers · identity struggle · fear of transformation · misfit protagonist · science adventure

Setting labels: modern-day New York · Marvel Universe · school setting · secret lab · prehistoric past · time-displaced · comic-book reality

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Distance: 0.2007

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Cover of Behind the Gates by Eva Gray

Behind the Gates

Eva Gray · 2011 · Tomorrow Girls

A girls' boarding school in a war-torn future hides secrets, forcing four friends to survive and trust each other.

Why this is here

Premise labels: survival · boarding school · friendship · war setting · school conspiracy · hidden agenda · identity concealment · forced isolation

Setting labels: future world · dystopian future · war-torn society · boarding school · isolated school · wilderness setting · schoolcamp

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2030

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Cover of The Boy Who Crashed to Earth by Judd Winick

The Boy Who Crashed to Earth

Judd Winick · 2015 · Hilo

A lonely kid and a crash-landed amnesiac alien team up to survive school, robots, and a mystery from space.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien visitor · amnesia mystery · ordinary kid · family of overachievers · school trouble · hidden mission · robot pursuit · friendship quest

Setting labels: modern-day Earth · school setting · small town · home life · science fictional reality · other dimension · alien world · portal travel

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2031

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