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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 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
Setting labels: island setting · South Carolina · coastal setting · private research facility · high school setting · contemporary setting · low country
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1601
When their island research home is threatened, a teen pack with wolf-like powers races rival treasure hunters for hidden pirate gold.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Charleston · Loggerhead Island · research institute · island setting · school setting · coastal setting · Southern setting · contemporary setting · historical backstory
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2179
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: 0.2506
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: 0.2543
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
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2602
Two teens who may be soulmates fall hard for each other as a secret operation and strange weather turn love into a threat.
Why this is here
Setting labels: British town · small-town setting · contemporary setting · secret facility · band scene · teen life
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2609
A grieving teen spends a summer on an island, where family, faith, boys, and telepathic dolphins reshape her world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: island setting · summer vacation · family home · ocean setting · beach setting · marine research station · 1980s · small island community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2620
Genetically engineered winged teens go to school, dodge enemies, and uncover more of the secret behind their origins.
Why this is here
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 setting
Distance: 0.2627
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: 0.2674
A hidden alien-human hybrid must survive high school, a bully, and a dangerous crush without exposing her secret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · small town · Wisconsin · present day · laboratory · school setting · hidden-in-plain-sight · near-lab hometown · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2699
Max and her flock face an end-of-the-world threat while old bonds, new rivals, and hidden truths collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · contemporary · school setting · treehouse · desert · tropical island · New York · global scale · science experiment setting · near-future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2712
Four best friends hex the moon during their last summer together, and the moon comes down demanding a sacrifice.
Why this is here
Setting labels: island setting · small town · summer after graduation · pre-college summer · teen sleepover · 2020s · hot August · ordinary world with magic · contemporary setting · liminal adulthood
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2714
