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These books are ranked using the characterization + relationships labels extracted for Junkwraith. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Characterization labels used: teen protagonist, figure skater, perfectionist, anxious protagonist, people pleaser, troubled teen, bullying victim, digital companion, cop character, villain

Relationships labels used: parental pressure, friendship, sapphic romance, lesbian love story, bullying, rivalry, reconciliation, companion bond, toxic friendship, family expectations

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization + relationships embeddings are close.

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Cover of Nemesis by Brendan Reichs

Nemesis

Brendan Reichs · 2017 · Project Nemesis

A teen girl killed every other birthday and a nightmare-haunted classmate uncover a townwide conspiracy as an asteroid nears Earth.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1579

Cover of We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

We Are the Ants

Shaun David Hutchinson · 2016 · We Are the Ants

A bullied, grieving queer teen must decide whether to save the world when aliens give him 144 days and a red button.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1594

Cover of More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

More Happy Than Not

Adam Silvera · 2015

A Bronx teen considers a memory-erasing procedure that could free him from pain—or erase his true self.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1598

Cover of The Eighth Guardian by Meredith McCardle

The Eighth Guardian

Meredith McCardle · 2014 · Annum Guard

A top student is recruited into a secret time-travel agency and must navigate conspiracies, rules, and a new identity.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1599

Cover of The Armored Saint by Myke Cole

The Armored Saint

Myke Cole · 2018 · The Sacred Throne

A teen girl in an oppressive theocracy defies anti-magic enforcers and discovers what love, fear, and resistance cost.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1622

Cover of The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future – A Masterful Illustrated Sci-Fi Anthology for Teens about Friendship, Hope, and Technology by Veronica Roth

The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future – A Masterful Illustrated Sci-Fi Anthology for Teens about Friendship, Hope, and Technology

Veronica Roth · 2019 · Carve the Mark

Six illustrated YA sci-fi novellas explore future worlds where love, grief, and hope collide with strange technologies.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1623

Cover of Remember Me by Estelle Laure

Remember Me

Estelle Laure · 2022

In a near-future town, a teen discovers she erased painful memories and must decide whether to reclaim them.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1623

Cover of Shiny Happy People by Clay McLeod Chapman

Shiny Happy People

Clay McLeod Chapman · 2025

A traumatized teen investigates a viral party drug that makes her town eerily perfect—and dangerously not themselves.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1637

Cover of Pandemic by Yvonne Ventresca

Pandemic

Yvonne Ventresca · 2014

A traumatized teen stockpiles for disaster, then must survive a deadly flu outbreak while her town falls apart.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1654

Cover of Creature by John Saul

Creature

John Saul · 1990

A bullied teen in a too-perfect company town is drawn into a sports clinic’s sinister experiments and dangerous transformation.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1655

Cover of Stranger Things: One Way or Another by Caitlin Schneiderhan

Stranger Things: One Way or Another

Caitlin Schneiderhan · 2025 · Stranger Things

Nancy Wheeler and Robin Buckley investigate a new Hawkins mystery in the gap between Stranger Things seasons 4 and 5.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1665

Cover of Children of Eden by Joey Graceffa

Children of Eden

Joey Graceffa, Laura L. Sullivan · 2016 · Children of Eden

In a controlled post-apocalyptic city, an illegal second-born girl escapes hiding and gets pulled into rebellion and secrets.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1674