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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Rules.
Setting labels used: high school, small town, Wisconsin, present day, laboratory, school setting, hidden-in-plain-sight, near-lab hometown, contemporary setting
Focused on “midwest” 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 teen girl discovers she’s a manufactured android and flees those who built her, while fighting for her humanity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Minnesota · high school · rural town · alternate present · United States · government facility · lab setting · farm town · school setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1523
A grieving teen is blackmailed into a strange school study, where buried truths, old feelings, and new possibilities collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · high school · school campus · summer camp · Michigan · teen research study · contemporary setting · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1724
Lucas Sinclair’s own voice fills the gap between seasons, tracing high school, racism, friendship strain, and change.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1980s · small town · Midwest · high school · fictional town · rural town · white majority town · school setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2069
A teen on the run finds safety in an online cat-photo community, until an AI ally and hidden pasts collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · small town · Midwest · Wisconsin · school setting · online space · social media platform · digital world · contemporary-adjacent · tech-saturated
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2112
A lonely teen and her outsider friends race to survive a biotech-fueled night of violence in their Oregon town.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · rural Oregon · Pacific Northwest · tourist town · high school setting · contemporary setting · biotech town · cave setting · one-night setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2036
A grieving teen reopens her father’s alien hunt and finds the truth is far stranger—and darker—than anyone believed.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small-town Iowa · rural Iowa · high school setting · woods · contemporary setting · school environment · present day
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2044
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
Setting labels: contemporary · small town · high school · clinic setting · medical facility · post-accident · present day · teen life
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2061
A traumatized teen investigates a viral party drug that makes her town eerily perfect—and dangerously not themselves.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · high school · company town · Virginia · contemporary setting · biotech town · suburban/teen social setting · claustrophobic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2074
A nerdy small-town teen’s crush on the new quarterback spirals into alien secrets, royal destiny, and danger.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · high school · Jewel, Indiana · midwest · Earth · Mars · alien colony · school drama · small-town America · modern setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2407
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: 0.2149
A bonded teen alien romance spirals into secrets, jealousy, and government danger as hidden powers emerge.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · small town · alien-in-human-world · contemporary setting · government intrusion · hidden paranormal world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2156
A teen science nerd and his prankster brother fake an alien invasion, and their small-town lie spirals wildly out of control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Pennsylvania · family farm · high school · contemporary setting · real-world setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2165
