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The Fourteenth Goldfish

Jennifer L. Holm

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Premise labels used: reverse aging, fountain of youth, scientist grandfather, middle school adjustment, family change, science curiosity

Setting labels used: middle school, home life, scientific lab, present day, urban/suburban

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The Third Mushroom

Jennifer L. Holm · 2018 · The Fourteenth Goldfish

A science-loving middle schooler and her teen-bodied grandfather chase a breakthrough at the science fair.

Why this is here

Premise labels: science fair · family science · teenage grandparent · friendship vs romance · pet loss · scientific experiment · search for youth · middle school life

Setting labels: middle school · science fair · family home · Bay Area · contemporary · real world · school labs

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1462

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Forgotten

Cat Patrick · 2011 · Forgotten

A teen who forgets each day but sees the future must navigate love, secrets, and a dark mystery.

Why this is here

Premise labels: memory loss · future memories · notes to self · hidden condition · romantic complication · family secrets · mystery hook

Setting labels: high school · contemporary setting · suburban family life · school scenes · home scenes · teen social world · modern day · psychological realism

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2046

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The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik

David Arnold · 2018

After a hypnotic encounter, a teen notices tiny changes in everyone around him and starts questioning reality and his future.

Why this is here

Premise labels: hypnosis · altered reality · teen existential crisis · coming of age · identity crisis · search for self · college decision

Setting labels: suburban · high school · senior year · Illinois · contemporary · present-day · home life · school social circle

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2120

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Stuck

Chris Grabenstein · 2020

An 11-year-old’s wish to stay young traps him in repeating fifth grade while everyone else keeps growing up.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time loop · stuck in time · birthday wish · wish backfires · age suspension · repeating school year · growing up fear · bully avoidance · world ages without protagonist · selfish wish consequences

Setting labels: middle school · fifth grade · elementary school · school year · birthday setting · contemporary setting · time loop reality · age-progressing world

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2166

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The Smartest Kid in the Universe

Chris Grabenstein · 2020 · The Smartest Kid in the Universe

A lazy middle schooler accidentally eats knowledge pills and must use his new genius to save his school.

Why this is here

Premise labels: genius boost · ingestible knowledge · school under threat · scientific experiment · hidden treasure · quiz bowl

Setting labels: middle school · school closure · hotel · science conference · contemporary · public school

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2195

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Things Not Seen

Andrew Clements · 2004 · Things

A 15-year-old boy wakes up invisible and teams with a blind girl while his family races to explain and reverse it.

Why this is here

Premise labels: invisibility · blindness · missing child · secret identity · coming of age · disability parallel · finding oneself

Setting labels: contemporary · school setting · library setting · home setting · urban setting

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2200

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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.

Why this is here

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

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2229

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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Yasutaka Tsutsui · 2017

A schoolgirl discovers time-leaping abilities and, alongside a second story about fears, confronts memory, consequence, and change.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · accidental powers · mystery figure · teen protagonist · school life · psychological fear

Setting labels: high school · school science lab · 1960s · Japan · future society · everyday life · school setting

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2297

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Stupid Perfect World

Scott Westerfeld · 2012

In a perfected future, two teens must live ancient hardships for class and discover what their world lacks.

Why this is here

Premise labels: utopian future · scarcity experiment · future school · ancient hardship · teen project · controlled body · sleep deprivation · hormone regulation · perfect society

Setting labels: future Earth · utopian society · near future · high-tech future · teleportation · headspace · solar system travel · school setting

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2358

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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.

Why this is here

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

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2359

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Farewell Summer

Ray Bradbury · 2006 · Green Town

In a small Illinois town, boys fight the pull of aging and time itself as summer gives way to autumn.

Why this is here

Premise labels: coming of age · youth vs age · time and aging · small-town conflict · war metaphor · resistance to change · last days of summer

Setting labels: small town · Midwest · Illinois · fictional town · summer-to-fall transition · October · late summer · school town

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2360

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Mixed Up

Gordon Korman · 2023

Two middle-school boys start losing their memories to each other and must uncover the strange link before they lose themselves.

Why this is here

Premise labels: memory swapping · memory loss · identity exchange · grief recovery · found friendship · mystery solving · body-switching trope

Setting labels: same town · different sides of town · different schools · middle school · post-pandemic · contemporary · real-world setting · light fantasy · science fiction element

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2371

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