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I Want to Go Home

Gordon Korman
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contemporary fiction humorous children's adventure past tense third limited POV ~168 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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mischievous absurd comedic

A propulsive contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, spare, direct prose. Action-forward. Contains notable humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 25
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 15
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 45
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 95%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count42,043
Page count~168 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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