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The Chalk Box Kid

Bulla, Clyde Robert
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contemporary fiction children's fiction past tense third limited POV ~20 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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hopeful childhood melancholic

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, spare, direct prose. Plot-driven and action-forward. Ends with catharsis.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 25
sparsedense
Pacing 45
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 65
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 30
externalintrospective
Ending 80
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count5,018
Page count~20 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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