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Home of the Brave

Applegate, Katherine
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contemporary fiction immigrant coming-of-age past tense first POV ~89 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic lyrical reflective

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 20
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 45
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count22,190
Page count~89 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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