Harry Potter became the best-selling book series of all time by spinning up a world where children belonged, developed skills useful in collaboration with and/or against adults, often knew better than superiors & weren't afraid to try. IMO this subgenre remains largely untapped
The magic they had wasn't special in the unknown world. Everyone had it. Harry Potter doesn't beat Voldemort because he's a wizard since everyone is a wizard. Harry wins because the bad guys are hyperfocased on him, and he's brave and strong enough to fight them.
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The books address this with the whole "Neville also could have been the chosen one" thread.
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Most YA stuff I've read have the protagonist having special magic (Twilight), or some useful-but-only-for-this powers (Power Rangers) or are the chosen one (Young Wizards).
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