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The Cricket in Times Square

George Selden
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contemporary fiction children's fantasy past tense third limited POV ~102 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

whimsical heartwarming gentle

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, spare, direct prose. Plot-driven. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 25
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 70
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 80
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 30
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 80%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count25,490
Page count~102 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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