Your Note class needs a parameterless constructor

class Note
{
    public DateTime currentDate { get; set; }
    public string summary { get; set; }

    // add this
    public Note()
    {
    }

    public Note(DateTime _date, string _sum)
    {
        currentDate = _date;
        summary = _sum;
    }
}

It might be worth thinking if you need your original two parameter constructor. If you removed it, then you could instantiate a new Note like this

var completeNote = new Note
{
    currentdate = date,
    summary = givenNote
};

Don't know why you want to use the JsonNode.Parse().

If you just want to modify the location's value, maybe you can use the JsonSerializer with BookStore and Book class to help you.
The Book class is a IEnumerable property of BookStore.

an example by .NET6 Console App
BookClass is a 2-level nested class

// See https://aka.ms/new-console-template for more information
using System.Text.Json;

// Initialize json string
string jsonStr = "{\"id\": 1, \"ShopName\" :\"Paint Shop\", \"Books\" : [\r\n            {\r\n                \"bookId\":1,\r\n                \"bookName\":\"Peter Pan\",\r\n                \"location\":\"A01\"\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n                \"bookId\":2,\r\n                \"bookName\":\"Cooking Book\",\r\n                \"location\":\"A02\"\r\n            }\r\n        ]\r\n    }";

// Deserilize to object
Bookstore bookstore = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Bookstore>(jsonStr);

// Write the location's value
Console.WriteLine(bookstore.Books.ToArray()[1].location);

// Modified the location's value
bookstore.Books.ToArray()[1].location += "_Modified";

// Write the modified location's value
Console.WriteLine(bookstore.Books.ToArray()[1].location);

// See result output
Console.ReadLine();

public class Bookstore
{
    public int id { get; set; }
    public string ShopName { get; set; }
    public IEnumerable<Book> Books { get; set; }
}

public class Book
{
    public int bookId { get; set; }
    public string bookName { get; set; }
    public string location { get; set; }
}

Result output image

If you persist to use JsonNode.Parse(), then need more steps. like this.

// See https://aka.ms/new-console-template for more information
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Text.Json.Nodes;

// Initialize json string
string jsonStr = "{\"id\": 1, \"ShopName\" :\"Paint Shop\", \"Books\" : [\r\n            {\r\n                \"bookId\":1,\r\n                \"bookName\":\"Peter Pan\",\r\n                \"location\":\"A01\"\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n                \"bookId\":2,\r\n                \"bookName\":\"Cooking Book\",\r\n                \"location\":\"A02\"\r\n            }\r\n        ]\r\n    }";

// Parse to jsonNode
JsonNode jsonNode = JsonNode.Parse(jsonStr);

// Convert to JsonObject
JsonObject jsonObject = jsonNode.AsObject();

// Convert Books to Json Array
JsonArray jsonArray = jsonObject["Books"].AsArray();

// Convert index 1 in array to Json object
JsonObject book1Object = jsonArray[1].AsObject();

// Write the location value 
Console.WriteLine(book1Object["location"]);

// Modify location value 
book1Object["location"] += "_modified";

// Write the modified location value 
Console.WriteLine(book1Object["location"]);

// See output
Console.ReadLine();

public class Bookstore
{
    public int id { get; set; }
    public string ShopName { get; set; }
    public IEnumerable<Book> Books { get; set; }
}

public class Book
{
    public int bookId { get; set; }
    public string bookName { get; set; }
    public string location { get; set; }
}

Other suggestion

Use Newtonsoft.Json is better. Because when convert a json to a C# object, will need to convert many properties with different value type. The Newtonsoft.Json had already handle these situation, at the mean time the System.Text.Json does not.

@Victor LG's answer using Newtonsoft is close, but it doesn't technically avoid the a catch as the original poster requested. It just moves it elsewhere. Also, though it creates a settings instance to enable catching missing members, those settings aren't passed to the DeserializeObject call so they are actually ignored.

Here's a "catch free" version of his extension method that also includes the missing members flag. The key to avoiding the catch is setting the Error property of the settings object to a lambda which then sets a flag to indicate failure and clears the error so it doesn't cause an exception.

 public static bool TryParseJson<T>(this string @this, out T result)
 {
    bool success = true;
    var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
    {
        Error = (sender, args) => { success = false; args.ErrorContext.Handled = true; },
        MissingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Error
    };
    result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(@this, settings);
    return success;
}

Here's an example to use it:

if(value.TryParseJson(out MyType result))
{ 
    // Do something with result…
}

I've had a look at your fiddle and spotted a couple of problems. Working fiddle here

1. System.Text.Json is case-sensitive by default (except for web apps). You can resolve this by using either PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase or PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true in the serializer options.

2. The second issue is outlined in Enums as strings

   By default, enums are serialized as numbers. To serialize enum names as strings, use the JsonStringEnumConverter.

   You should add JsonSerializerOptions to resolve (1) and (2):

   var options = new JsonSerializerOptions 
   {
       Converters =
       {
           new JsonStringEnumConverter(JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase)
       },
       PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase
   };
   var items = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<List<MenuItem>>(json, options);
   

3. The third issue appears to be with the binding in the constructor for the list of Permissions. In the constructor you define a List<Permission> for the permissions parameter. I receive the error in your question unless the constructor argument type matches the model property type exactly. So, I updated the constructor to take a IReadOnlyList<Permission> and it deserializes successfully:

   [JsonConstructor]
   public MenuItem
       (
           string name, 
           string url,
           IReadOnlyList<Permission> permissions
       )
   {
       this.Name = name;
       this.Url = url;
       this.Permissions = permissions ?? new List<Permission>().AsReadOnly();
   }
   

   Alternatively, you could change the Permissions property to List<Permission>.

This answer to a question with a similar problem explains that this is actually a limitation of System.Text.Json and there is currently an open github issue.

A working fork of your fiddle is demoed here.

1. The new System.Text.Json api exposes a JsonConverter api which allows us to convert the type as we like.

   For example, we can create a generic number to string converter:

   public class AutoNumberToStringConverter : JsonConverter<object>
   {
       public override bool CanConvert(Type typeToConvert)
       {
           return typeof(string) == typeToConvert;
       }
       public override object Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
       {
           if(reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.Number) {
               return reader.TryGetInt64(out long l) ?
                   l.ToString():
                   reader.GetDouble().ToString();
           }
           if(reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.String) {
               return reader.GetString();
           }
           using(JsonDocument document = JsonDocument.ParseValue(ref reader)){
               return document.RootElement.Clone().ToString();
           }
       }
   
       public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
       {
           writer.WriteStringValue( value.ToString());
       }
   }
   

2. When working with MVC/Razor Page, we can register this converter in startup:

   services.AddControllersWithViews().AddJsonOptions(opts => {
       opts.JsonSerializerOptions.PropertyNameCaseInsensitive= true;
       opts.JsonSerializerOptions.Converters.Insert(0, new AutoNumberToStringConverter());
   });
   

   and then the MVC/Razor will handle the type conversion automatically.

3. Or if you like to control the serialization/deserialization manually:

   var opts = new JsonSerializerOptions {
       PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true,
   };
   opts.Converters.Add(new AutoNumberToStringConverter());
   var o = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Product>(json,opts) ;
   

4. In a similar way you can enable string to number type conversion as below :

   public class AutoStringToNumberConverter : JsonConverter<object>
   {
       public override bool CanConvert(Type typeToConvert)
       {
           // see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1749966/c-sharp-how-to-determine-whether-a-type-is-a-number
           switch (Type.GetTypeCode(typeToConvert))
           {
               case TypeCode.Byte:
               case TypeCode.SByte:
               case TypeCode.UInt16:
               case TypeCode.UInt32:
               case TypeCode.UInt64:
               case TypeCode.Int16:
               case TypeCode.Int32:
               case TypeCode.Int64:
               case TypeCode.Decimal:
               case TypeCode.Double:
               case TypeCode.Single:
               return true;
               default:
               return false;
           }
       }
       public override object Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
       {
           if(reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.String) {
               var s = reader.GetString() ;
               return int.TryParse(s,out var i) ? 
                   i :
                   (double.TryParse(s, out var d) ?
                       d :
                       throw new Exception($"unable to parse {s} to number")
                   );
           }
           if(reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.Number) {
               return reader.TryGetInt64(out long l) ?
                   l:
                   reader.GetDouble();
           }
           using(JsonDocument document = JsonDocument.ParseValue(ref reader)){
               throw new Exception($"unable to parse {document.RootElement.ToString()} to number");
           }
       }
   
   
       public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
       {
           var str = value.ToString();             // I don't want to write int/decimal/double/...  for each case, so I just convert it to string . You might want to replace it with strong type version.
           if(int.TryParse(str, out var i)){
               writer.WriteNumberValue(i);
           }
           else if(double.TryParse(str, out var d)){
               writer.WriteNumberValue(d);
           }
           else{
               throw new Exception($"unable to parse {str} to number");
           }
       }
   }
   

Your JSON root object consists of certain fixed keys ("sol_keys" and "validity_checks") whose values each have some fixed schema, and any number of variable keys (the "782" numeric keys) whose values all share a common schema that differs from the schemas of the fixed key values:

{
  "782": {
    // Properties corresponding to your MarsWheather object
  },
  "783": {
    // Properties corresponding to your MarsWheather object
  },
  // Other variable numeric key/value pairs corresponding to KeyValuePair<string, MarsWheather>
  "sol_keys": [
    // Some array values you don't care about
  ],
  "validity_checks": {
    // Some object you don't care about
  }
}

You would like to deserialize just the variable keys, but when you try to deserialize to a Dictionary<string, MarsWheather> you get an exception because the serializer tries to deserialize a fixed key value as if it were variable key value -- but since the fixed key has an array value while the variable keys have object values, an exception gets thrown. How can System.Text.Json be told to skip the known, fixed keys rather than trying to deserialize them?

If you want to deserialize just the variable keys and skip the fixed, known keys, you will need to create a custom JsonConverter. The easiest way to do that would be to first create some root object for your dictionary:

[JsonConverter(typeof(MarsWheatherRootObjectConverter))]
public class MarsWheatherRootObject
{
    public Dictionary<string, MarsWheather> MarsWheathers { get; } = new Dictionary<string, MarsWheather>();
}

And then define the following converter for it as follows:

public class MarsWheatherRootObjectConverter : FixedAndvariablePropertyNameObjectConverter<MarsWheatherRootObject, Dictionary<string, MarsWheather>, MarsWheather>
{
    static readonly Dictionary<string, ReadFixedKeyMethod> FixedKeyReadMethods = new Dictionary<string, ReadFixedKeyMethod>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
    {
        { "sol_keys", (ref Utf8JsonReader reader, MarsWheatherRootObject obj, string name, JsonSerializerOptions options) => reader.Skip() },
        { "validity_checks", (ref Utf8JsonReader reader, MarsWheatherRootObject obj, string name, JsonSerializerOptions options) => reader.Skip() },
    };

    protected override Dictionary<string, MarsWheather> GetDictionary(MarsWheatherRootObject obj) => obj.MarsWheathers;
    protected override void SetDictionary(MarsWheatherRootObject obj, Dictionary<string, MarsWheather> dictionary) => throw new RowNotInTableException();
    protected override bool TryGetFixedKeyReadMethod(string name, JsonSerializerOptions options, out ReadFixedKeyMethod method) => FixedKeyReadMethods.TryGetValue(name, out method);
    protected override IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, WriteFixedKeyMethod>> GetFixedKeyWriteMethods(JsonSerializerOptions options) => Enumerable.Empty<KeyValuePair<string, WriteFixedKeyMethod>>();
}

public abstract class FixedAndvariablePropertyNameObjectConverter<TObject, TDictionary, TValue> : JsonConverter<TObject> 
    where TDictionary : class, IDictionary<string, TValue>, new()
    where TObject : new()
{
    protected delegate void ReadFixedKeyMethod(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, TObject obj, string name, JsonSerializerOptions options);
    protected delegate void WriteFixedKeyMethod(Utf8JsonWriter writer, TObject value, JsonSerializerOptions options);
        
    protected abstract TDictionary GetDictionary(TObject obj);
    protected abstract void SetDictionary(TObject obj, TDictionary dictionary);
    protected abstract bool TryGetFixedKeyReadMethod(string name, JsonSerializerOptions options, out ReadFixedKeyMethod method);
    protected abstract IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, WriteFixedKeyMethod>> GetFixedKeyWriteMethods(JsonSerializerOptions options);
        
    public override TObject Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
    {
        if (reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.Null)
            return (typeToConvert.IsValueType && Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(typeToConvert) == null)
                ? throw new JsonException(string.Format("Unepected token {0}", reader.TokenType))
                : default(TObject);
        if (reader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.StartObject)
            throw new JsonException(string.Format("Unepected token {0}", reader.TokenType));
        var obj = new TObject();
        var dictionary = GetDictionary(obj);
        var valueConverter = (typeof(TValue) == typeof(object) ? null : (JsonConverter<TValue>)options.GetConverter(typeof(TValue))); // Encountered a bug using the builtin ObjectConverter
        while (reader.Read())
        {
            if (reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.PropertyName)
            {
                var name = reader.GetString();
                reader.ReadAndAssert();
                if (TryGetFixedKeyReadMethod(name, options, out var method))
                {
                    method(ref reader, obj, name, options);
                }
                else
                {
                    if (dictionary == null)
                        SetDictionary(obj, dictionary = new TDictionary());
                    dictionary.Add(name, valueConverter.ReadOrDeserialize(ref reader, typeof(TValue), options));
                }
            }
            else if (reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.EndObject)
            {
                return obj;
            }
            else
            {
                throw new JsonException(string.Format("Unepected token {0}", reader.TokenType));
            }
        }
        throw new JsonException(); // Truncated file
    }

    public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, TObject value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
    {
        writer.WriteStartObject();
        var dictionary = GetDictionary(value);
        if (dictionary != null)
        {
            var valueConverter = (typeof(TValue) == typeof(object) ? null : (JsonConverter<TValue>)options.GetConverter(typeof(TValue))); // Encountered a bug using the builtin ObjectConverter
            foreach (var pair in dictionary)
            {
                // TODO: handle DictionaryKeyPolicy 
                writer.WritePropertyName(pair.Key);
                valueConverter.WriteOrSerialize(writer, pair.Value, typeof(TValue), options);
            }
        }
        foreach (var pair in GetFixedKeyWriteMethods(options))
        {
            writer.WritePropertyName(pair.Key);
            pair.Value(writer, value, options);
        }
        writer.WriteEndObject();
    }
}

public static partial class JsonExtensions
{
    public static void WriteOrSerialize<T>(this JsonConverter<T> converter, Utf8JsonWriter writer, T value, Type type, JsonSerializerOptions options)
    {
        if (converter != null)
            converter.Write(writer, value, options);
        else
            JsonSerializer.Serialize(writer, value, type, options);
    }

    public static T ReadOrDeserialize<T>(this JsonConverter<T> converter, ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
        => converter != null ? converter.Read(ref reader, typeToConvert, options) : (T)JsonSerializer.Deserialize(ref reader, typeToConvert, options);

    public static void ReadAndAssert(this ref Utf8JsonReader reader)
    {
        if (!reader.Read())
            throw new JsonException();
    }
}

And now you will be able to deserialize to MarsWheatherRootObject as follows:

var root = await System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<MarsWheatherRootObject>(
    stream, 
    new System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions 
    { 
        PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true 
    });

Demo fiddle #1 here.

Notes:

• FixedAndvariablePropertyNameObjectConverter<TObject, TDictionary, TValue> provides a general framework for serializing and deserializing objects with fixed and variable properties. If later you decide to deserialize e.g. "sol_keys", you could modify MarsWheatherRootObject as follows:

  [JsonConverter(typeof(MarsWheatherRootObjectConverter))]
  public class MarsWheatherRootObject
  {
      public Dictionary<string, MarsWheather> MarsWheathers { get; } = new Dictionary<string, MarsWheather>();
      public List<string> SolKeys { get; set; } = new List<string>();
  }
  

  And the converter as follows:

  public class MarsWheatherRootObjectConverter : FixedAndvariablePropertyNameObjectConverter<MarsWheatherRootObject, Dictionary<string, MarsWheather>, MarsWheather>
  {
      static readonly Dictionary<string, ReadFixedKeyMethod> FixedKeyReadMethods = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
      {
          { "sol_keys", (ref Utf8JsonReader reader, MarsWheatherRootObject obj, string name, JsonSerializerOptions options) => 
              {
                  obj.SolKeys = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<List<string>>(ref reader, options);
              } 
          },
          { "validity_checks", (ref Utf8JsonReader reader, MarsWheatherRootObject obj, string name, JsonSerializerOptions options) => reader.Skip() },
      };
      static readonly Dictionary<string, WriteFixedKeyMethod> FixedKeyWriteMethods = new Dictionary<string, WriteFixedKeyMethod>()
      {
          { "sol_keys", (w, v, o) => 
              {
                  JsonSerializer.Serialize(w, v.SolKeys, o);
              } 
          },
      };
  
      protected override Dictionary<string, MarsWheather> GetDictionary(MarsWheatherRootObject obj) => obj.MarsWheathers;
      protected override void SetDictionary(MarsWheatherRootObject obj, Dictionary<string, MarsWheather> dictionary) => throw new RowNotInTableException();
      protected override bool TryGetFixedKeyReadMethod(string name, JsonSerializerOptions options, out ReadFixedKeyMethod method) => FixedKeyReadMethods.TryGetValue(name, out method);
      protected override IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, WriteFixedKeyMethod>> GetFixedKeyWriteMethods(JsonSerializerOptions options) => FixedKeyWriteMethods;
  }
  

  Demo fiddle #2 here.

Is polymorphic deserialization possible in System.Text.Json?

The answer is yes and no, depending on what you mean by "possible".

There is no polymorphic deserialization (equivalent to Newtonsoft.Json's TypeNameHandling) support built-in to System.Text.Json prior to .NET 7. This is because reading the .NET type name specified as a string within the JSON payload (such as $type metadata property) to create your objects is not recommended since it introduces potential security concerns (see https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/41347#issuecomment-535779492 for more info).

Allowing the payload to specify its own type information is a common source of vulnerabilities in web applications.

However, there is a way to add your own support for polymorphic deserialization by creating a JsonConverter<T>, so in that sense, it is possible.

The docs show an example of how to do that using a type discriminator property: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/serialization/system-text-json-converters-how-to#support-polymorphic-deserialization

Let's look at an example.

Say you have a base class and a couple of derived classes:

public class BaseClass
{
    public int Int { get; set; }
}
public class DerivedA : BaseClass
{
    public string Str { get; set; }
}
public class DerivedB : BaseClass
{
    public bool Bool { get; set; }
}

You can create the following JsonConverter<BaseClass> that writes the type discriminator while serializing and reads it to figure out which type to deserialize. You can register that converter on the JsonSerializerOptions.

public class BaseClassConverter : JsonConverter<BaseClass>
{
    private enum TypeDiscriminator
    {
        BaseClass = 0,
        DerivedA = 1,
        DerivedB = 2
    }

    public override bool CanConvert(Type type)
    {
        return typeof(BaseClass).IsAssignableFrom(type);
    }
    
    public override BaseClass Read(
        ref Utf8JsonReader reader,
        Type typeToConvert,
        JsonSerializerOptions options)
    {
        if (reader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.StartObject)
        {
            throw new JsonException();
        }

        if (!reader.Read()
                || reader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.PropertyName
                || reader.GetString() != "TypeDiscriminator")
        {
            throw new JsonException();
        }
        
        if (!reader.Read() || reader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.Number)
        {
            throw new JsonException();
        }

        BaseClass baseClass;
        TypeDiscriminator typeDiscriminator = (TypeDiscriminator)reader.GetInt32();
        switch (typeDiscriminator)
        {
            case TypeDiscriminator.DerivedA:
                if (!reader.Read() || reader.GetString() != "TypeValue")
                {
                    throw new JsonException();
                }
                if (!reader.Read() || reader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.StartObject)
                {
                    throw new JsonException();
                }
                baseClass = (DerivedA)JsonSerializer.Deserialize(ref reader, typeof(DerivedA));
                break;
            case TypeDiscriminator.DerivedB:
                if (!reader.Read() || reader.GetString() != "TypeValue")
                {
                    throw new JsonException();
                }
                if (!reader.Read() || reader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.StartObject)
                {
                    throw new JsonException();
                }
                baseClass = (DerivedB)JsonSerializer.Deserialize(ref reader, typeof(DerivedB));
                break;
            default:
                throw new NotSupportedException();
        }

        if (!reader.Read() || reader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.EndObject)
        {
            throw new JsonException();
        }

        return baseClass;
    }

    public override void Write(
        Utf8JsonWriter writer,
        BaseClass value,
        JsonSerializerOptions options)
    {
        writer.WriteStartObject();

        if (value is DerivedA derivedA)
        {
            writer.WriteNumber("TypeDiscriminator", (int)TypeDiscriminator.DerivedA);
            writer.WritePropertyName("TypeValue");
            JsonSerializer.Serialize(writer, derivedA);
        }
        else if (value is DerivedB derivedB)
        {
            writer.WriteNumber("TypeDiscriminator", (int)TypeDiscriminator.DerivedB);
            writer.WritePropertyName("TypeValue");
            JsonSerializer.Serialize(writer, derivedB);
        }
        else
        {
            throw new NotSupportedException();
        }

        writer.WriteEndObject();
    }
}

This is what serialization and deserialization would look like (including comparison with Newtonsoft.Json):

private static void PolymorphicSupportComparison()
{
    var objects = new List<BaseClass> { new DerivedA(), new DerivedB() };

    // Using: System.Text.Json
    var options = new JsonSerializerOptions
    {
        Converters = { new BaseClassConverter() },
        WriteIndented = true
    };

    string jsonString = JsonSerializer.Serialize(objects, options);
    Console.WriteLine(jsonString);
    /*
     [
      {
        "TypeDiscriminator": 1,
        "TypeValue": {
            "Str": null,
            "Int": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "TypeDiscriminator": 2,
        "TypeValue": {
            "Bool": false,
            "Int": 0
        }
      }
     ]
    */

    var roundTrip = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<List<BaseClass>>(jsonString, options);


    // Using: Newtonsoft.Json
    var settings = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings
    {
        TypeNameHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.TypeNameHandling.Objects,
        Formatting = Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented
    };

    jsonString = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(objects, settings);
    Console.WriteLine(jsonString);
    /*
     [
      {
        "$type": "PolymorphicSerialization.DerivedA, PolymorphicSerialization",
        "Str": null,
        "Int": 0
      },
      {
        "$type": "PolymorphicSerialization.DerivedB, PolymorphicSerialization",
        "Bool": false,
        "Int": 0
      }
     ]
    */

    var originalList = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<BaseClass>>(jsonString, settings);

    Debug.Assert(originalList[0].GetType() == roundTrip[0].GetType());
}

Here's another StackOverflow question that shows how to support polymorphic deserialization with interfaces (rather than abstract classes), but a similar solution would apply for any polymorphism: Is there a simple way to manually serialize/deserialize child objects in a custom converter in System.Text.Json?