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The World's Worst Children

David Walliams
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contemporary fiction humorous children's fiction past tense third limited POV ~95 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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hilarious absurd mischievous

A propulsive and hopeful contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, spare, direct prose, intimate scope. Plot-driven and action-forward. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable humor.

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Prose density 15
sparsedense
Pacing 90
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 85
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 95
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 10
externalintrospective
Ending 80
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 15
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 98%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count23,635
Page count~95 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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