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"Evil Star"
Your kid finished Evil Star. Here are 8 books matched across 30 dimensions — not by what other people bought.
The book they finished
Evil Star
by Anthony Horowitz
A telekinetic fourteen-year-old is sent to Peru to find a missing Gatekeeper — and runs into a billionaire who knows exactly what he is.
8 books matched on the same reader profile
Each pick scored its match using the 30-dimension data we record on every book — interest hooks (e.g. epic worldbuilding, friendship arcs), character appeal, emotional core, tone, pacing. The "why it matches" line under each book tells you exactly why it should land.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling
Kid 72 Parent 70 Teacher 73 Ages 12-15Why it matches "Evil Star"- • adventure as secondary genre
- • Both dark in tone
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
- • Same tension source (supernatural threat)
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Brisingr
by Christopher Paolini
Kid 66 Parent 60 Teacher 56 Ages 13-15Why it matches "Evil Star"- • adventure as secondary genre
- • Same pacing (rollercoaster)
- • Both lean into magic powers + quest journey
- • Shared character appeal: protector, reluctant hero
- 3
City of Bones
by Cassandra Clare
Kid 73 Parent 61 Teacher 61 Ages 12-15Why it matches "Evil Star"- • adventure as secondary genre
- • Both dark in tone
- • Same pacing (rollercoaster)
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
- 4
Hollow City
by Ransom Riggs
Kid 71 Parent 67 Teacher 66 Ages 12-15Why it matches "Evil Star"- • adventure as secondary genre
- • Both dark in tone
- • Same pacing (rollercoaster)
- • Same tension source (supernatural threat)
- 5
Prince of the Elves
by Kazu Kibuishi
Kid 69 Parent 62 Teacher 62 Ages 9-12Why it matches "Evil Star"- • adventure as secondary genre
- • Same pacing (rollercoaster)
- • Same tension source (supernatural threat)
- • Both lean into magic powers + quest journey
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Eyes of the Storm
by Jeff Smith
Kid 67 Parent 65 Teacher 67 Ages 9-12Why it matches "Evil Star"- • adventure as secondary genre
- • Both dark in tone
- • Same tension source (supernatural threat)
- • Both lean into magic powers + quest journey
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The Power of Six
by Pittacus Lore
Kid 66 Parent 55 Teacher 54 Ages 13-15Why it matches "Evil Star"- • adventure as secondary genre
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
- • Shared humor: none
- • Both lean into magic powers + chosen one
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Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins
Kid 74 Parent 75 Teacher 78 Ages 14-17Why it matches "Evil Star"- • adventure as secondary genre
- • Both dark in tone
- • Same pacing (rollercoaster)
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
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Take the SPARK quiz →How these matches are scored
We score every children's book on KidsBookCheck across 30 dimensions — kid-side (laugh-out-loud, plot twists, mental movie, heart-punch, character voice, etc.), parent-side (writing quality, moral reasoning, vocabulary, age-fit), and teacher-side (read-aloud power, discussion fuel, empathy building). Plus rich metadata: tone, pacing, emotional weight, interest hooks, character appeal, emotional core, tension source, humor style.
For every book, our profile-match algorithm finds others where the most heavily-weighted dimensions overlap. That's why these matches feel different from "readers also enjoyed" — we're matching by what hooks the same reader, not by who else bought it. More about our scoring →