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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Fourteenth Goldfish.
Setting labels used: middle school, home life, scientific lab, present day, urban/suburban
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A science-loving middle schooler and her teen-bodied grandfather chase a breakthrough at the science fair.
Why this is here
Setting labels: middle school · science fair · family home · Bay Area · contemporary · real world · school labs
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1221
A teen who forgets each day but sees the future must navigate love, secrets, and a dark mystery.
Why this is here
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 setting
Distance: 0.1383
A new girl finds a mysterious bracelet that grants animal powers, drawing her into friends, secrets, and danger.
Why this is here
Setting labels: present day · Chicago · Arizona · suburbs · new town · middle school · school life · contemporary setting with speculative elements
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1504
After a hypnotic encounter, a teen notices tiny changes in everyone around him and starts questioning reality and his future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: suburban · high school · senior year · Illinois · contemporary · present-day · home life · school social circle
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1518
A lazy middle schooler accidentally eats knowledge pills and must use his new genius to save his school.
Why this is here
Setting labels: middle school · school closure · hotel · science conference · contemporary · public school
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1532
A science-minded middle schooler gets a chance to redo the past and save a friendship before it all falls apart.
Why this is here
Setting labels: middle school · high school · seventh grade · senior year · school fair · contemporary setting · parallel reality · time travel world · school community
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1557
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
Setting labels: contemporary · school setting · library setting · home setting · urban setting
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1559
A teen secretly linked to a parasite is pulled into escalating danger as other parasites infiltrate society and politics.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · contemporary Earth · urban society · human society · political sphere · school setting · social infiltration setting · scientific/observational reality
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1560
A schoolgirl’s sudden invisibility draws her into a secret circle of kids with powers and a dangerous hidden origin.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school setting · middle school · teen contemporary · small-scale reality · lightly fantastical world · local adventure
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1588
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
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 setting
Distance: 0.1618
A terminally ill teen wakes five years later in a new body and must face the life, love, and friends that moved on without him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary United States · high school · hospital · family home · post-teen transition · near-future science
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1623
Two former friends relive graduation day in a time loop, forcing them to rethink love, friendship, and the future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · graduation day · small town · present day · school setting · electronic store · suburban setting · looped reality
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1626
