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How I Got My Shrunken Head

Stine, R L
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fantasy middle grade fantasy adventure past tense first POV ~92 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

adventurous terrifying whimsical

A propulsive fantasy. Expect spare, direct prose. Plot-driven. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable humor.

Style Fingerprint

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

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count23,120
Page count~92 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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