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"The Power of Six"
Your kid finished The Power of Six. Here are 8 books matched across 30 dimensions — not by what other people bought.
The book they finished
The Power of Six
by Pittacus Lore
John Smith and a hidden Garde named Marina race toward each other across two continents while the Mogadorians close in - an action-packed dual-POV expansion of the Lorien universe.
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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Divergent
by Veronica Roth
Kid 70 Parent 65 Teacher 71 Ages 14-16Why it matches "The Power of Six"- • Same genre (sci fi)
- • Both intense in tone
- • Same pacing (slow burn to explosive)
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
- 2
Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
Kid 72 Parent 71 Teacher 77 Ages 12-15Why it matches "The Power of Six"- • Same genre (sci fi)
- • Both intense in tone
- • Same pacing (slow burn to explosive)
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
- 3
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
Kid 72 Parent 81 Teacher 87 Ages 10-13Why it matches "The Power of Six"- • Same genre (sci fi)
- • Both intense in tone
- • Same pacing (slow burn to explosive)
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
- 4
Aurora Rising
by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Kid 73 Parent 69 Teacher 77 Ages 13-16Why it matches "The Power of Six"- • Same genre (sci fi)
- • Same tension source (physical danger)
- • Both lean into space aliens
- • Shared character appeal: fish out of water
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Illuminae
by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Kid 81 Parent 73 Teacher 74 Ages 14-17Why it matches "The Power of Six"- • Same genre (sci fi)
- • Both intense in tone
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
- • Both lean into space aliens
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A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
Kid 66 Parent 69 Teacher 76 Ages Ages 10-12Why it matches "The Power of Six"- • Same genre (sci fi)
- • Both intense in tone
- • Same pacing (slow burn to explosive)
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
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The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
Kid 64 Parent 72 Teacher 76 Ages 14-17Why it matches "The Power of Six"- • Same genre (sci fi)
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
- • Shared humor: none
- • Both lean into space aliens
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A Reaper at the Gates
by Sabaa Tahir
Kid 69 Parent 71 Teacher 67 Ages 14-17Why it matches "The Power of Six"- • Both intense in tone
- • Same pacing (slow burn to explosive)
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
- • Shared humor: none
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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 →