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Premise labels used: rival pack, superpowers, government pursuit, experimental virus, race for cure, teen detectives, hidden abilities, pack conflict
Setting labels used: Charleston, Morris Island, Low Country, contemporary, island community, lab setting, school setting, government facility, teen world
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
A teen pack’s geocache hunt turns into a deadly code game with bombs, secrets, and a race to stop a killer.
Why this is here
Premise labels: geocaching mystery · deadly game · bomb threat · puzzle hunt · race against time · secret abilities · teen pack
Setting labels: island setting · South Carolina · coastal setting · private research facility · high school setting · contemporary setting · low country
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1817
A teen science geek and her friends gain wolf-like powers and race to solve a cold-case murder on a coastal island.
Why this is here
Premise labels: teen sleuths · scientific transformation · animal experimentation · cold-case murder · superhuman abilities · friend group · pack dynamics · science-driven powers · virus outbreak · forensic mystery
Setting labels: secluded island · South Carolina coast · remote island · small-town coastal setting · research island · high school setting · contemporary setting · ecological preserve · laboratory setting · isolated community
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2105
Genetically engineered winged teens go to school, dodge enemies, and uncover more of the secret behind their origins.
Why this is here
Premise labels: genetically engineered children · avian hybrids · on the run · forced school · save the world · clone conflict · secret origins · found family · pursued by enemies · identity search
Setting labels: school setting · lab setting · safe house · runaway road trip · Washington DC area · Florida · Everglades · contemporary near-future · real-world setting · experimental science
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2633
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
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2638
Max and her flock face an end-of-the-world threat while old bonds, new rivals, and hidden truths collide.
Why this is here
Premise labels: mutant kids · winged kids · end of world · save the world · love triangle · apocalypse threat · genetic engineering · cloned rival
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · contemporary · school setting · treehouse · desert · tropical island · New York · global scale · science experiment setting · near-future
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2684
A teen mind reader is drawn into a hidden community of her kind, where trust and freedom may cost everything.
Why this is here
Premise labels: mind reading · hidden power · secret identity · supernatural teens · murder mystery · chosen refuge · power struggle · moral dilemma · trust issues · secret society
Setting labels: Maine · small town · high school · island · secluded compound · mansion · alternate hidden society · contemporary · YA contemporary fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2704
At Darkwood, Emma faces clone secrets, rival boys with the same face, and a dangerous revenge scheme.
Why this is here
Premise labels: clone mystery · identity crisis · love triangle · revenge plot · secret identity · clone rights · human cloning · anti-clone conflict · school conspiracy · rescue mission
Setting labels: Darkwood Academy · island setting · school setting · junior year · senior year · contemporary setting · dystopian setting · fictional science reality · lab-created clones · island confinement
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2706
A teen on a Maine island faces quarantine, military takeover, and a growing mystery tied to a strange drug and strange skies.
Why this is here
Premise labels: quarantine · island lockdown · military takeover · mysterious virus · conspiracy · performance drug · superhuman ability · young detectives · end-times threat · truth uncovering
Setting labels: present day · fictional island · coastal Maine · small town · vacation island · tourist town · isolated community · modern military setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2715
A teen fugitive finds a supposedly safe town is just another layer of the same deadly experiment.
Why this is here
Premise labels: escape attempt · surveillance state · captivity · twisted experiment · hidden control · school conspiracy · robot doubles · impostor town · truth-seeking · survival game
Setting labels: isolated school · small town · woods · confined setting · experimental facility · controlled community · near-future dystopia · fictional reality · camp
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2718
In a modern alternate universe, mutant youths gather under Xavier while Magneto and the government push the world toward war.
Why this is here
Premise labels: mutant uprising · genetic mutation · secret war · human-mutant conflict · school for mutants · government crackdown · superteam rivalry · reimagined origin · recruitment story · world on the brink
Setting labels: contemporary setting · alternate universe · modern America · Earth-like world · secret-government world · school setting · global setting · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2734
A grieving teen discovers she’s DNA-bound to protect her best friend from a hidden killer—and from her own changing life.
Why this is here
Premise labels: genetic experiment · DNA-bound protector · best friend at risk · unknown killer · forbidden romance · secret powers · superpowered teens
Setting labels: present day · contemporary world · near future · high school setting · summer holidays · alternate reality · normal family setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2745
A boy at a fake science camp discovers reality-bending powers and gets pulled into a secret war over them.
Why this is here
Premise labels: science camp · secret powers · reality manipulation · quantum-powered abilities · kid recruited into hidden world · rescue mission · hidden war · power struggle
Setting labels: contemporary America · middle school · after-school club · secret lab · hidden society · science camp · contemporary fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2760
