Found 📖

Found

Margaret Peterson Haddix
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science fiction young adult time travel adventure past tense third limited POV ~246 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

tense mysterious paranoid

A propulsive science fiction. Expect rich worldbuilding, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count61,379
Page count~246 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited