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Out of My Heart

Sharon M. Draper
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contemporary fiction middle grade fiction past tense first POV ~262 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

hopeful empowering heartwarming

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 70
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 65
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 20
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 75
externalintrospective
Ending 90
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 70%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count65,477
Page count~262 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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