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Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid

McDonald, Megan
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contemporary fiction children's chapter book past tense third limited POV ~23 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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humorous whimsical earnest

A propulsive and hopeful contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, spare, direct prose, intimate scope. Plot-driven and action-forward. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable humor.

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Prose density 15
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 75
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 20
externalintrospective
Ending 80
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 10
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 95%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count5,829
Page count~23 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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