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Characterization labels used: teen heroine, badass heroine, mechanic, scavenger, robot gladiator fighter, memory loss, cyborg, android, robot sidekick, sassy sidekick, bounty hunter, fanatic antagonist, complex characters, outcast band, protective grandfather, loyal friend, comic relief

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Day of the Predator

Alex Scarrow · 2010 · TimeRiders

A time-travel mission goes badly wrong, leaving Liam stranded in dinosaur territory and forcing the team to fix history.

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Characterization labels: teen protagonists · young heroes · field agent · support unit · android companion · female android · artificial intelligence · genetically engineered bodyguard · smart protagonist · good-hearted protagonist · capable heroine · insecure leader · primitive predator POV

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Distance: 0.1595

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Dustwalker

Tiffany Roberts · 2023

In a shattered future, a scavenging robot and a desperate human form a forbidden bond that could change everything.

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Characterization labels: sentient AI · synth · android-like · robot overlord · scavenger · survivor heroine · stubborn heroine · fiery heroine · protective hero · gentle hero · villain ruler · traumatized heroine · curious hero · emotionally awakening

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Distance: 0.1626

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Defy the Stars

Claudia Gray · 2017 · Constellation

A teen soldier and an evolved robot are forced into an interstellar mission that could end a war and change both of them.

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Characterization labels: teen soldier · fighter pilot · robot protagonist · AI protagonist · sentient mech · child warrior · self-sacrificing · loyal · curious · strong-willed · ethical · abrasive · sarcastic · humorous · complex characters · character growth · emotionally evolving

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Distance: 0.1633

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Perilous Waif

E. William Brown · 2017 · Alice Long

An unusually gifted orphan flees a controlled upbringing and finds herself pulled into a dangerous far-future crew.

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Characterization labels: teen heroine · overpowered protagonist · gifted child · badass girl · naive heroine · loyal protagonist · shy protagonist · resourceful survivor · superhuman growth · young soldier · transhuman protagonist

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Distance: 0.1644

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Crownchasers

Rebecca Coffindaffer · 2020 · Crownchasers

A reluctant queer space explorer is forced into a deadly galaxy-wide contest to win the throne she never wanted.

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Characterization labels: reluctant heroine · snarky protagonist · witty protagonist · badass heroine · daredevil · free-spirited explorer · independent protagonist · competent pilot · loyal engineer · sidekick · cunning antagonist · morally grey characters · found family · childhood friends

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Distance: 0.1733

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Heart of Iron

Ashley Poston · 2018 · Heart of Iron

An outlaw teen races to save her glitching android and uncovers royal secrets in a spacefaring retelling.

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Characterization labels: teen protagonist · outlaw heroine · reckless heroine · strong female lead · android companion · sentient robot · spoiled prince · pilot · royal heir · rogue captain · foundling · black sheep · snarky character · queer character · pining character

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Distance: 0.1774

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Sensation

Kevin Hardman · 2013 · Kid Sensation

A powerful teen hero must reclaim his future after a failed tryout leaves him outcast, hunted, and targeted by bigger forces.

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Characterization labels: teen hero · overpowered protagonist · mature teen · snarky hero · cocky hero · likable protagonist · white knight · mentor figure · bounty hunter · retired telepath · angry teen · fugitive protagonist

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Distance: 0.1778

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Echo Boy

Matt Haig · 2014

In a climate-altered near future, a grieving teen and an unusual android are pulled into a high-stakes mystery.

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Characterization labels: teen girl · male android · prototype · intelligent heroine · resourceful heroine · emotionless machine · sentient robot · protective love interest · family loyalist · villainous authority figure · morally divided characters

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Distance: 0.1783

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The Block

Ben Oliver · 2021 · The Loop Trilogy

A trapped teen must survive a harsher prison, resist a mind-bending AI, and rally allies before reality breaks him.

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Characterization labels: heroic protagonist · kind protagonist · serious protagonist · resourceful teen · suspicious survivor · naive to cautious arc · mind-frayed protagonist · tech genius · guard ally · twisted AI · supportive friends · found-family ensemble · sidekick drone · protective friend · morally steadfast lead

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Distance: 0.1794

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Cold Falling White

G.S. Prendergast, Gabrielle Prendergast · 2019 · The Nahx Invasions

After an alien invasion, two teens on opposite sides of the war uncover unsettling truths about what the Nahx did to humanity.

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Characterization labels: teen protagonists · survivor · rebellious soldier · rogue soldier · rebellious alien · resilient heroine · ordinary human · protective figure · badass heroine · complex characters · character growth · matured protagonist · gay character · new powers

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Distance: 0.1811

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Occultist

Oliver Mayes · 2019 · Saga Online

A desperate teen enters a VR game contest to save his mother, then discovers a hidden demon-summoning class.

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Characterization labels: teen protagonist · young gamer · underage protagonist · immature protagonist · poor protagonist · desperate protagonist · believable protagonist · overpowered protagonist · strategy player · unlikely hero · villainous antagonist · hidden class wielder · summoner · minion controller · clever fighter · likable side characters · AI companions · relatable characters

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Distance: 0.1817

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Cinder

Marissa Meyer · 2012 · The Lunar Chronicles

A cyborg mechanic in futuristic New Beijing is pulled into plague politics, royal intrigue, and a Cinderella-like fate.

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Characterization labels: mechanic protagonist · cyborg protagonist · resourceful heroine · smart heroine · sarcastic heroine · outcast heroine · determined heroine · brave heroine · selfless heroine · prince charming · evil stepmother · evil queen · android sidekick · skeptical ruler · chosen one

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Distance: 0.1827

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