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How I Learned to Fly

Stine, R L
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contemporary fiction middle grade fantasy past tense first POV ~81 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

humorous adventurous anxious

A propulsive contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 35
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 45
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 90%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count20,165
Page count~81 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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