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Wayside School is Falling Down US

Louis Sachar
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contemporary fiction humorous children's fiction past tense third limited POV ~116 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

whimsical absurd mischievous

A propulsive contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, spare, direct prose, intimate scope. Action-forward. Contains notable humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 20
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 60
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 40
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 30
externalintrospective
Ending 70
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 10
intimateepic

Content

Violence 20%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 95%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count29,059
Page count~116 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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