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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Wizard for Hire.
Setting labels used: Oregon, Portland, Oregon, forest cabin, isolated cabin, wilderness, small town, school setting, contemporary setting, real-world setting, middle grade reality
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A grieving teen moves into a segregated town and uncovers a hidden supernatural world, secrets, and forbidden romance.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Oregon · high school · private school · gated community · rich-poor divide · alternate world · hidden supernatural society · contemporary fantasy · urban fantasy setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1615
A bookish teen in a mountain town wakes changed, craving blood, and must uncover what’s happening before it consumes her.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · mountain town · forest setting · wilderness · Adirondacks · contemporary setting · high school · rural setting · isolated community · natural landscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1783
A lonely teen and her outsider friends race to survive a biotech-fueled night of violence in their Oregon town.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · rural Oregon · Pacific Northwest · tourist town · high school setting · contemporary setting · biotech town · cave setting · one-night setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1803
In an alternate DC world, a group of teens discovers shared powers, hidden origins, and a conspiracy behind their families.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth One · alternate universe · small town · high school · Oregon · Central Oregon · New Mexico · reservation setting · contemporary setting · fictionalized modern world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1843
A boy who can alter reality joins a secret agency to uncover a father’s disappearance and a strange school mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day · school setting · coastal setting · small-town setting · alternate realities · supernatural reality · contemporary world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1886
A nerdy ten-year-old discovers he’s the last ninja on Earth and must use family inventions to save his town.
Why this is here
Setting labels: junkyard · small town · school setting · forest setting · contemporary · fantastical reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1927
A teen fugitive finds a supposedly safe town is just another layer of the same deadly experiment.
Why this is here
Setting labels: isolated school · small town · woods · confined setting · experimental facility · controlled community · near-future dystopia · fictional reality · camp
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2040
A self-selected collection of Le Guin’s earthbound short fiction, mixing realist, folkloric, and quietly strange stories.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · small-town Oregon · fictional central Europe · Orsinia · revolutionary setting · summer camp · rural setting · sea-side holiday · contemporary setting · historical setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2047
A glacier expedition in a cursed wilderness unravels into vanishing bodies, warped time, and a second investigation.
Why this is here
Setting labels: wilderness · forest · mountain · glacier · Pacific Northwest · western United States · remote wilderness · isolated cabin · academic field site · liminal space · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2064
A stranded 23rd-century pilot and a present-day anthropologist fall into a fast, steamy romance with time running out.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Oregon · rural cabin · remote cabin · wooded area · Pacific Northwest · 1980s · 20th century · 23rd century · future society · isolated setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2108
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: 0.2123
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: 0.2134
