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The Wednesday Wars

Gary D. Schmidt
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contemporary fiction coming of age past tense first POV ~326 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic reflective earnest

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Contains notable humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 45
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 70
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 65
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count81,407
Page count~326 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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