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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Going Wild.
Setting labels used: present day, Chicago, Arizona, suburbs, new town, middle school, school life, contemporary setting with speculative elements
Focused on “small town” 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 middle school boy with supervillain parents must hide his own powers and team up with unexpected friends to save them.
Why this is here
Setting labels: middle school · school setting · small town · secret world · superhero world · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1747
With a month left before an asteroid ends the world, a misfit teen hunts the truth behind her friend’s death.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · coastal town · high school · pre-apocalyptic future · present-day contemporary reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1753
An eleven-year-old’s life changes when her scientist grandfather reverses aging and lands in middle school with her.
Why this is here
Setting labels: middle school · home life · scientific lab · present day · urban/suburban
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1504
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
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1858
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
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1560
A shy new kid at school discovers only she can see mysterious creatures tied to fear, friendship, and danger.
Why this is here
Setting labels: new town · new school · school setting · home setting · woods · modern world · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1591
A grieving Mexican American teen’s quiet desert life is upended when her missing mother returns via a crashed spacecraft.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Arizona desert · small town · Sonoran Desert · high school · contemporary United States · borderland setting · real world plus speculative elements
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1893
An ordinary volunteer is swept into a cosmic struggle between good and evil, with reality, time, and choices at stake.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · college town · contemporary setting · alternate reality · parallel universes · cosmic reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1915
A lonely kid and a crash-landed amnesiac alien team up to survive school, robots, and a mystery from space.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day Earth · school setting · small town · home life · science fictional reality · other dimension · alien world · portal travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1936
After being framed at school, a bullied girl is hurled into a bleak future where her choices have changed everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school setting · small town · new town · future world · dystopian future · moors · present day · weather storm · local future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1949
A genre-bending short story collection where portals, marriages, and identity crises expose the costs of escape and desire.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · small town · domestic sphere · boarding school · space · alternate reality · speculative reality · near future · mythic realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1964
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
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1694
