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Premise labels used: orphaned siblings, supernatural powers, lost identity, search for true home, escape narrative, fugitives, pursuit by antagonists, hidden origin, otherworldly ancestry

Themes labels used: belonging, identity, difference, outsiderhood, compassion, moral courage, open-mindedness, fear of the other, stewardship of the planet, good versus evil, human cruelty, trust, home, anti-communism, social critique

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A Hero For WondLa

Tony DiTerlizzi · 2012 · The Search for WondLa

Eva travels to a human city that should be home, only to uncover hidden truths and a bigger fight ahead.

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Premise labels: search for home · hidden city · lost humanity · alien encounter · identity quest · found family

Themes labels: identity · belonging · home · family · friendship · compassion · empathy · environmentalism · growing up · truth and justice · acceptance · grief · death · moral choice · individuality · community · social control · species equality · conformity · self-trust

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This Golden Flame

Emily Victoria · 2021

An ace orphan awakens a sentient automaton and flees a ruling regime while searching for her missing brother.

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Premise labels: missing sibling · awakening automaton · oppressive regime · secret history · search and rescue · rebellion · escape story · sentient machine · found family

Themes labels: identity · personhood · freedom · agency · self-discovery · self-acceptance · belonging · family bonds · control · oppression · memory · humanity · trust · friendship · history and truth · morality of power

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Terrienne

Jean-Claude Mourlevat · 2011

A teen search for a missing sister pulls her into a parallel world where breathing itself is dangerous.

Why this is here

Premise labels: missing sibling · parallel world · rescue mission · hidden passage · outsider in strange world · breath taboo · humanity under threat · search for sister

Themes labels: humanity · breath · freedom · identity · dehumanization · asepsis · fear of difference · grief · love · sisterhood · survival · memory · gratefulness · danger of conformity · sensory deprivation · body and mortality

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The Lost Gate

Orson Scott Card · 2011 · Mither Mages

A boy in a secretive magical family discovers he can create gates, triggering a dangerous escape across two worlds.

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Premise labels: hidden powers · lost world · portal magic · mythic descendants · family secrets · runaway protagonist · mage families · gate magic · power struggle · exiled gods

Themes labels: identity · belonging · family loyalty · secrets · power and responsibility · coming of age · outsiderhood · moral choice · free will · prejudice · inheritance · hidden history · isolation · good vs power · home and exile · godhood · humility · knowledge and language · trust · control

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Imaginary Numbers

Seanan McGuire · 2020 · InCryptid

A recovering telepathic cryptid returns to her family compound, only to uncover a dangerous conspiracy within her own species.

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Premise labels: found family · cryptid conflict · telepathic protagonist · nonhuman protagonist · family reunion · return home · species divide · identity crisis · nature vs nurture · forbidden romance · species lore · predatory species

Themes labels: nature vs nurture · identity · belonging · family loyalty · otherness · consent · boundaries · morality · survival · transformation · trust · coexistence · selfhood · love and duty · choice

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The Pretender

K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate · 1998 · Animorphs

A hawk-bodied teen faces a family trap, a rescue mission, and a shattering truth about who he really is.

Why this is here

Premise labels: identity crisis · hidden parentage · family secret · false relative · territorial conflict · rescue mission · morphing dilemma · normal life temptation · found family

Themes labels: identity · belonging · humanity · otherness · family · war morality · sacrifice · instinct vs emotion · self-acceptance · survival · trauma · prejudice · love vs duty · choice · loyalty

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The Unforgettable Logan Foster

Shawn Peters · 2022 · Logan Foster

A foster kid with an eidetic memory discovers his new parents are superheroes—and gets pulled into a world-saving battle.

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Premise labels: superhero family · foster care · secret identity · neurodivergent protagonist · lost sibling search · found family · outsider hero · good vs evil · world-saving stakes

Themes labels: identity · belonging · family · adoption · foster care · difference as strength · self-acceptance · neurodiversity · memory · truth and secrets · heroism · agency · acceptance · parenthood · loyalty · friendship

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Parallel

Claudia Lefeve · 2011 · Travelers

An orphan with hidden powers is pulled into a parallel reality where family, identity, and time are all unsettled.

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Premise labels: orphan protagonist · foster care · alternate reality · hidden identity · powers awakening · wrong reality · family reunion · chosen one · parallel worlds · time travel

Themes labels: identity · belonging · family · fate · safety · secrecy · trust · self-discovery · alternate lives · free will · consequences · adolescent angst · class divide · social exclusion

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Found

Jade Waltz, Tera Nova · 2024 · Project: Adapt

An escaped lab-made human finds refuge aboard an alien ship, where survival, desire, and a shocking pregnancy collide.

Why this is here

Premise labels: escaped experiment · alien rescue · fated mates · unexpected pregnancy · inter-species romance · found family · growing harem · captivity escape · search for home

Themes labels: freedom · survival · trust · healing · agency · trauma recovery · belonging · identity · consent · autonomy · adaptation · acceptance · otherness · found family · cultural difference · body autonomy

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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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Premise labels: orphan protagonist · hidden powers · on the run · spacefaring escape · underdog ascent · coming of age · mystery identity · body modification

Themes labels: identity · self-discovery · coming of age · freedom · personhood · AI rights · transhumanism · ethics of modification · sexuality · loyalty · agency · survival · social prejudice · slavery · power and responsibility

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For Love of Mother-Not

Alan Dean Foster · 1987 · Pip & Flinx

A gifted orphan and his acid-spitting mini-dragon race to rescue his kidnapped guardian on a strange alien world.

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Premise labels: origin story · adoptive family · kidnapped guardian · psychic powers · dragon companion · rescue quest · coming of age · fugitive youth · bioengineering conspiracy · psionic bond

Themes labels: identity · otherness · belonging · coming of age · family · loyalty · control vs freedom · bioethics · genetic manipulation · free will · government intervention · self-discovery · gift as burden · trust

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Whispers in Autumn

Trisha Leigh · 2012 · The Last Year

A teen girl who can't be mind-controlled by alien rulers must trust a stranger and uncover why she's different.

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Premise labels: alien takeover · mind control · immune protagonist · hidden difference · trust no one · seasonal identity · secret powers · search for others like me · freedom from control

Themes labels: identity · belonging · freedom · survival · trust · control · resistance · loneliness · secrecy · self-acceptance · humanity · emotional suppression

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