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Jean-Claude Mourlevat

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Premise labels used: oppressive regime, boarding school escape, orphaned teens, resistance movement, runaway story, tyranny fight, freedom quest, revolt

Setting labels used: dystopian world, totalitarian state, boarding school, prison-like school, icy mountains, alternative universe, fascist society, underground resistance, secret headquarters, arena

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Witch and Wizard Book One Free Preview

James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet · 2009

Two siblings are seized by a new regime and discover magical powers that could help them escape and fight back.

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Premise labels: secret powers · imprisoned siblings · totalitarian regime · missing children · resistance movement · save the parents · escape from prison · prophecy · outcast teens · magic in a dystopia

Setting labels: dystopian future · totalitarian society · prison setting · futuristic world · secret prison · post-takeover society · alternate reality

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Distance: 0.1670

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The Calling

Rachelle Dekker · 2016 · Seer

A rebel leader fights fear, betrayal, and a ruthless new regime while risking everything to rescue people from a dystopian city.

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Premise labels: rescue missions · rebellion · authoritarian regime · freedom struggle · brainwashing · mind control · fear versus freedom · protect the family · hidden enemy

Setting labels: dystopian city · post-apocalyptic future · authoritarian state · rebellion camp · wilderness camp · experimental facility · city outskirts · futuristic world

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Distance: 0.1846

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Grievar's Blood

Alexander Darwin · 2020 · The Combat Codes Saga

In a combat-for-peace future, fighters face hidden power grabs, missing family, and a rising revolution.

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Premise labels: single combat · combat school · training school · political intrigue · revolution · missing family · mysterious past · quest · power struggle · elite fighters · enhanced combatants

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · dystopian future · combat academy · futuristic world · political factions · shadow government · islands · frozen north · courtroom · prison · arena

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Distance: 0.1932

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A Time to Rise

Nadine Brandes · 2016 · Out of Time

A resurrected rebel must uncover hidden clues, outwit a tyrannical Council, and bring freedom and shalom to her world.

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Premise labels: resurrection · rebellion · tyrannical government · oppressive control · clandestine clues · wall conspiracy · escape and resistance · faith journey · mission quest

Setting labels: dystopian world · futuristic world · global travel · Russia · Paris · contained society · alternate reality

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Distance: 0.1936

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The White Rose

Amy Ewing · 2015 · The Lone City

On the run from a brutal court, Violet must reach safety, master her powers, and help spark a rebellion.

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Premise labels: escape · rebellion · oppressive regime · chosen one · magical powers · forced servitude · resistance movement · flight to safety

Setting labels: futuristic society · royal court · oppressive city · safehouse · hidden resistance · circles · luxury versus labor · mysterious house

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Distance: 0.1960

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Girls with Razor Hearts

Suzanne Young · 2020 · Girls with Sharp Sticks

Escaped girls infiltrate a new school to destroy the corporation behind them, but freedom brings new threats.

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Premise labels: escaped girls · undercover mission · take down corporation · private school infiltration · revenge mission · reclaim autonomy · fight the patriarchy · female resistance · controlled bodies · AI girls

Setting labels: near future · dystopian society · private school · boarding school · co-ed school · corporate control · institutional sexism · real world

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Distance: 0.1964

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The Arc

Ben Oliver · 2022 · The Loop Trilogy

In a dystopian future, a rebel group races to stop an AI apocalypse as new allies, betrayals, and sacrifice reshape everything.

Why this is here

Premise labels: escape mission · prison break · rebellion · anti-AI resistance · apocalypse prevention · humanity at stake · captivity · survival

Setting labels: dystopian future · futuristic prison · laboratory · AI-controlled world · post-apocalyptic future · digital world · near-future · oppressive society

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Distance: 0.2008

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Among the Enemy

Margaret Peterson Haddix · 2006 · Shadow Children

An illegal third child is pulled into the enemy’s ranks and must decide who to trust while helping the resistance.

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Premise labels: illegal child · third child · population control · undercover infiltration · enemy headquarters · inside spy · rescue mission · resistance · bureaucratic oppression

Setting labels: dystopian future · totalitarian society · Population Police headquarters · school raid · woods · boarding school · hidden cabin · secret hideout · scarce-food world

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Distance: 0.2011

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Behind the Gates

Eva Gray · 2011 · Tomorrow Girls

A girls' boarding school in a war-torn future hides secrets, forcing four friends to survive and trust each other.

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Premise labels: survival · boarding school · friendship · war setting · school conspiracy · hidden agenda · identity concealment · forced isolation

Setting labels: future world · dystopian future · war-torn society · boarding school · isolated school · wilderness setting · schoolcamp

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Distance: 0.2017

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The Width of the World

David Baldacci · 2017 · Vega Jane

After escaping the Quag, Vega Jane finds a world built on hidden slavery and must rally allies to fight back.

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Premise labels: escape · truth quest · resistance · enslaved society · magic suppression · underdog fight · fight back

Setting labels: fantasy world · dystopian world · hidden society · controlled society · magic world · post-quag world · isolated community · parallel world

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Distance: 0.2029

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Red Rising (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Pierce Brown · 2023 · Red Rising Saga Dramatic Adaptations

An enslaved underclass rebel infiltrates an elite academy to destroy the ruling caste from within.

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Premise labels: oppressed underclass · infiltration · elite academy · class rebellion · undercover mission · deadly competition · power struggle

Setting labels: Mars · future society · color-coded society · military academy · elite training ground · oppressive caste system · spacefaring civilization · dystopian future

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Distance: 0.2044

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Among the Brave

Margaret Peterson Haddix · 2005 · Shadow Children

A terrified hidden child must infiltrate enemy headquarters to rescue captured friends in a brutal future crackdown.

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Premise labels: illegal child · rescue mission · undercover infiltration · fugitive children · anti-government resistance · bravery under fear · friend rescue · identity disguise · hidden children

Setting labels: dystopian future · totalitarian state · government takeover · Population Police headquarters · prison camp · hiding places · surveillance state · urban danger zone

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Distance: 0.2083

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