The Haunted School 📖

The Haunted School

Stine, R L
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fantasy middle grade fantasy horror past tense first POV ~87 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

suspenseful creepy mysterious

A propulsive fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 55
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count21,713
Page count~87 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst