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* CanineCompanion: Kirby is this to Ellie
* CelibateHero: Ellie is [[UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}} asexual]] and has no interest in romantic or sexual relationships.
* CorruptHick: [[spoiler:Dr. Abe Allerton]]
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* MagicMushroom: Mushrooms are used by fae-descendants to build fairy rings for [[WarpWhistle Fast Travel]].[[spoiler: One of the species used for this growing in abundance in Willowbee (which is located in arid Texas) is the first hint that something's not right about the town.]]
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* MagicMushroom: Mushrooms are used by fae-descendants to build fairy rings for [[WarpWhistle Fast Travel]].[[spoiler: One FastTravel. [[spoiler:One of the species used for this growing in abundance in Willowbee (which is located in arid Texas) is the first hint that something's not right about the town.]]
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* WillOTheWisp: Jay is able to summon them as a light source.
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Elatsoe is a [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult]] novel written by Darcie Little Badger, released in 2020.
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''Elatsoe'' is a [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult]] novel written by Darcie Little Badger, released in 2020.
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* AlliterativeName: Dr. Abe Allerton.
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* BackupFromOtherworld: [[spoiler:During the climax, Ellie first summons her grandmothers mammoth and later all the dogs of her ancestors in order to help her fight Allerton and his minions.]]
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* BewareOfHitchhikingGhosts: Hollywood medium Chloe Alanor tries to convince Ellie that this was the cause of her cousins car accident.
* BigBadEnsemble: There is Dr. Allerton, Ellies suspect for Trevor's murder, and [[spoiler:Trevor's ghost, who tries to murder everybody at the bicentennial.]]
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* BewareOfHitchhikingGhosts: Hollywood medium Chloe Alanor tries to convince Ellie that this was the cause of her cousins cousin's car accident.
* BigBadEnsemble: There is Dr. Allerton,Ellies Ellie's suspect for Trevor's murder, and [[spoiler:Trevor's ghost, who tries to murder everybody at the bicentennial.]]
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* IndianBurialGround: Played with. [[spoiler:The reason for the haunting in the finale is that Allerton desecrated the grave of his victim Trevor, who was Lipan Apache. So an IndianBurialGround plays a role, but not in the way the trope is traditionally used.]]
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* IndianBurialGround: Played with. [[spoiler:The reason for the haunting in the finale is that Allerton desecrated the grave of his victim Trevor, who was Lipan Apache. (Elatsoe and her family spend the whole book trying to conceal his grave and not saying his name for the express purpose of making sure his ghost doesn't get riled up.) So an IndianBurialGround plays a role, but not in the way the trope is traditionally used.]]
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* MustBeInvited: Exploited by Ellies mother, who uses this to ban a vampire from all of the historical homelands of their tribe.[[spoiler: Later, Ellie fails to do the same due to the vampire she faces being Lipan Apache himself.]]
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* MustBeInvited: Exploited by Ellies Ellie's mother, who uses this to ban a vampire from all of the historical homelands of their tribe.tribe. This is pretty painful for the vampire in question, because he's got a long way to go before he can get out off Apache land. [[spoiler: Later, Ellie fails to do the same due to the vampire she faces being Lipan Apache himself.]]
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* OurElvesAreDifferent: Many people are distant descendants of the mythical fairy king Oberon, including Ellies best friend Jay. This gives them limited magical powers and the ability to use fairy rings for [[WarpWhistle Fast Travel]].
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* OurElvesAreDifferent: Many people are distant descendants of the mythical fairy king Oberon, includingEllies Ellie's best friend Jay. This gives them limited magical powers and the ability to use fairy rings for [[WarpWhistle Fast Travel]].
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** Human ghosts who are really just vengeful phantoms made out of the dead persons person's negative feelings feelings, while their actual soul resides in the afterlife. They could can accidentally be summoned by not being able to make peace with the death of a loved one, or by treating the deceased without respect.
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* PhonyPsychic: Chloe Alanor. It's unclear if she's really good as a psychic, [[spoiler:but in the one case were she's working for the protagonists, she is clearly lying about what she senses.]]
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* PhonyPsychic: Chloe Alanor. It's unclear if she's really good as a psychic, [[spoiler:but in the one case were she's working for the protagonists, she is clearly lying about what she senses. Dr. Allerton bribed her to give false answers.]]
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Ellies parents fully believe her when she suspects that Trevor's death wasn't an accident, and they even help with her investigations, but they are still worried about her being in danger.
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* UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs: Ellies grandmother has a ghost mammoth as a pet and mount. Also, Ellie revives a trilobite from a fossil.
* StrongerWithAge: The cures of vampirism gets stronger with age, including all of its advantages but also all weaknesses. Young vampires are still able to eat normal food and go out into the sun for short periods of time, while old ones only drink blood and are very light-sensitive.
* ThoseWilyCoyotes: Coyotes are definitely tricksters, but they are never portrayed as evil, only curious.
* StrongerWithAge: The cures of vampirism gets stronger with age, including all of its advantages but also all weaknesses. Young vampires are still able to eat normal food and go out into the sun for short periods of time, while old ones only drink blood and are very light-sensitive.
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* SpeakOfTheDevil: Non-villainous example. After Trevor's death, Ellie and her family are careful not to say his name aloud, because using it might keep him from passing on. [[spoiler: Nobody slips up about the name, but it doesn't matter because Dr. Allerton desecrates his grave.]]
* UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs:Ellies Ellie's grandmother has a ghost mammoth as a pet and mount. Also, Ellie revives a trilobite from a fossil.
* StrongerWithAge: Thecures curse of vampirism gets stronger with age, including all of its advantages but also all weaknesses. Young vampires are still able to eat normal food and go out into the sun for short periods of time, while old ones only drink blood and are very light-sensitive.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Throughout the book, Trevor's ghost reaches out for Ellie to resurrect him. [[spoiler: She manages to resist, but Trevor's infant son Gregory, who doesn't understand what's happening, unwittingly resurrects his father by touching him in his dream.]]
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* MisplacedVegetation: A plot point with[[spoiler: the mushrooms and lush vegetation of Willowbee, which hint at the fact that the town was originally located in New England instead of Texas.]]
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* Poltergeist: [[spoiler:In the finale, Trevor's ghost throws a piano at the attendants of the ball.]]
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* Shapeshifting: {{Shapeshifting}}: The animal people[[spoiler:, like the Coyote in the last chapter,]] are able to shapeshift into human form to live among humans. Only their eyes always stay the same, which is how you can spot them.
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* BigBadEnsemble: There is Dr. Allerton, Ellies suspect for Trevor's murder, and [[spoiler:Trevor's ghost, who tries to murder everybody at the bicentennial.]]
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* TheFogOfAges:[[spoiler: The coyote in the last chapter may be the one Six-Great met, but it's unclear because she only thinks Ellie looks familiar without remembering any specifics.]]
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* CanineCompanion: Kirby is this to Ellie
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* ShoutOut: In the last chapter, Ellie gets lots of letters from people who want her help with their own paranormal problems. One mother writes that her son hears [[Literature/TheRatsInTheWalls rats in the walls]] that nobody else can hear.
* ShoutOut: In the last chapter, Ellie gets lots of letters from people who want her help with their own paranormal problems. One mother writes that her son hears [[Literature/TheRatsInTheWalls rats in the walls]] that nobody else can hear.
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* LiquidAssets: [[spoiler:Dr. Allerton is able to transer injuries and diseases from one person to another. He used this to get an reputation as a miracle healer, all the while injuring or killing poor people by transfering his rich, white customers illnesses to them.]]
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* Poltergeist: [[spoiler:In the finaly, Trevors ghost throws a piano at the attendants of the ball.]]
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* TownWithADarkSecret: [[spoiler:Everybody in Willowbee knows about Dr. Allertons powers. They regularily relocate the town to avoid prosecution.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Throughout the book, Trevors ghost reaches out for Ellie to resurrect him.[[spoiler: She manages to resist, but Trevors infant son Gregory, who doesn't understand what's happening, unwittingly resurrects his father by touching him in his dream.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Throughout the book, Trevors ghost reaches out for Ellie to resurrect him.[[spoiler: She manages to resist, but Trevors infant son Gregory, who doesn't understand what's happening, unwittingly resurrects his father by touching him in his dream.]]
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* TownWithADarkSecret: [[spoiler:Everybody in Willowbee knows about Dr. Allertons Allerton's powers. They regularily regularly relocate the town to avoid prosecution.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Throughout the book,Trevors Trevor's ghost reaches out for Ellie to resurrect him.[[spoiler: She manages to resist, but Trevors Trevor's infant son Gregory, who doesn't understand what's happening, unwittingly resurrects his father by touching him in his dream.]]
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* PhonyPsychic: Chloe Alanor. It's unclear if she's really good as a psychic, [[spoiler:but in the one case were she's working for the protagonists, she is clearly lying about what she senses.]]
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* VengefulGhost: [[spoiler:Not-Trevor]]
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* MagicMushroom: Mushrooms are used by fae-descendants to build fairy rings for FastTravel.[[spoiler: One of the species used for this growing in abundance in Willowbee (which is located in arid Texas) is the first hint that something's not right about the town.]]
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* MagicMushroom: Mushrooms are used by fae-descendants to build fairy rings for FastTravel.[[WarpWhistle Fast Travel]].[[spoiler: One of the species used for this growing in abundance in Willowbee (which is located in arid Texas) is the first hint that something's not right about the town.]]
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* OurElvesAreDifferent: Many people are distant descendants of the mythical fairy king Oberon, including Ellies best friend Jay. This gives them limited magical powers and the ability to use fairy rings for FastTravel.
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* OurElvesAreDifferent: Many people are distant descendants of the mythical fairy king Oberon, including Ellies best friend Jay. This gives them limited magical powers and the ability to use fairy rings for FastTravel.[[WarpWhistle Fast Travel]].
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*AllMythsAreTrue: In this setting, most or all of the myths of the various peoples living in North America (and presumably the rest of the world) are true.
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* VillainousHarlequin: [[spoiler:Allerton's vampire henchmen are dressed in jester outfits for the bicentennial.]]
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* DomesticatedDinosaurs: Ellie's Grandmother's tamed ghost mammoth.
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* BackupFromOtherworld: [[spoiler:During the climax, Ellie first summons her grandmothers mammoth and later all the dogs of her ancestors in order to help her fight Allerton and his minions.]]
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident:[[spoiler: Allerton transfered his own fatal wounds he got from a car accident to Trevor and made it look like Trevor had the accident.]]
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident:[[spoiler: Allerton transfered his own fatal wounds he got from a car accident to Trevor and made it look like Trevor had the accident.]]
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* PosthumousCharacter: Kirby (who appears throughout the book as a ghost) and Six-Great (whose exploits are remembered by or told to Ellie over the course of the plot.)
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* MustBeInvited: Exploited by Ellies mother, who uses this to ban a vampire from all of the historical homelands of their tribe.[[spoiler: Later, Ellie fails to do the same due to the vampire she faces being Lipan Apache himself.]]
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*OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vampirism is a curse that gives you most of the typical powers and weaknesses like the thirst for blood or a vulnerability to sunlight, but all of those start in a light way and get stronger over time. Also, vampires are immortal and the weaknesses are treated like a magical illness that can be stalled through healing magic.
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Elatsoe is a [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult]] novel written by Creator/DarcieLittleBadger, released in 2020.
The story follows seventeen year old Lipan Apache girl Elatsoe, who investigates the death of her cousin Trevor. Its setting is an UrbanFantasy version of the United States where many myths and legends are true and treated as basic facts of life by the people.
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*BadassNative: The protagonist Elatsoe and her entire female family line, started by her Six-Great Grandmother.
*BewareOfHitchhikingGhosts: Hollywood medium Chloe Alanor tries to convince Ellie that this was the cause of her cousins car accident.
*CorruptHick: [[spoiler:Dr. Abe Allerton]]
*DeadPersonConversation: Trevors ghost reaches out to Ellie through her dreams.
*GhostlyGoals: Trevor tries to avenge his death.
*GhostStory
*HauntedHouse: Allertons mansion becomes this during the finale.
*HollywoodNatives: Averted throughout the book, due to the author being Lipan Apache herself and knowing what she writes about.
*IndianBurialGround: Played with. [[spoiler:The reason for the haunting in the finale is that Allerton desecrated the grave of his victim Trevor, who was Lipan Apache. So an IndianBurialGround plays a role, but not in the way the trope is traditionally used.]]
*MagicalNativeAmerican: Ellies family has the power to summon ghosts, but they are far from the only magic users in the book.
*NonHumanUndead: Ellie and her ancestors are able to summon non-human ghosts. The most prominent example is her ghost dog Kirby.
*OurElvesAreDifferent: Many people are distant descendants of the mythical fairy king Oberon, including Ellies best friend Jay. This gives them limited magical powers and the ability to use fairy rings for FastTravel.
*OurGhostsAreDifferent: There is a strong distinction between human and non-human ghosts:
**Human ghosts who are really just vengeful phantoms made out of the dead persons negative feelings while their actual soul resides in the afterlife. They could accidentally be summoned by not being able to make peace with the death of a loved one, or by treating the deceased without respect.
**Animal ghosts on the other hand really seem to be the animals soul summoned from the afterlife, so they have the same basic personality as they had in life. They can gradually change their looks from completely invisible to completely visible.
*PointyEars: As a distant descendant of Oberon, Jay has slightly pointy ears.
*Poltergeist: [[spoiler:In the finaly, Trevors ghost throws a piano at the attendants of the ball.]]
*RaisingTheSteaks: Ellie, like her female ancestors, has the power to summon the ghosts of dead animals. There is no limit as to how long the animal is dead, so she is even able to summon [[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeOtherExtinctCreatures Trilobites]] from fossils millions of years old.
*TownWithADarkSecret: [[spoiler:Everybody in Willowbee knows about Dr. Allertons powers. They regularily relocate the town to avoid prosecution.]]
*WillOTheWisp: Jay is able to summon them as a light source.
*WriteWhatYouKnow: When asked why her protagonist is an asexual Lipan Apache girl, author Darcie Little Badger stated that it's because she is all those things herself and it is easier to write what you know.
The story follows seventeen year old Lipan Apache girl Elatsoe, who investigates the death of her cousin Trevor. Its setting is an UrbanFantasy version of the United States where many myths and legends are true and treated as basic facts of life by the people.
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!!Tropes:
*BadassNative: The protagonist Elatsoe and her entire female family line, started by her Six-Great Grandmother.
*BewareOfHitchhikingGhosts: Hollywood medium Chloe Alanor tries to convince Ellie that this was the cause of her cousins car accident.
*CorruptHick: [[spoiler:Dr. Abe Allerton]]
*DeadPersonConversation: Trevors ghost reaches out to Ellie through her dreams.
*GhostlyGoals: Trevor tries to avenge his death.
*GhostStory
*HauntedHouse: Allertons mansion becomes this during the finale.
*HollywoodNatives: Averted throughout the book, due to the author being Lipan Apache herself and knowing what she writes about.
*IndianBurialGround: Played with. [[spoiler:The reason for the haunting in the finale is that Allerton desecrated the grave of his victim Trevor, who was Lipan Apache. So an IndianBurialGround plays a role, but not in the way the trope is traditionally used.]]
*MagicalNativeAmerican: Ellies family has the power to summon ghosts, but they are far from the only magic users in the book.
*NonHumanUndead: Ellie and her ancestors are able to summon non-human ghosts. The most prominent example is her ghost dog Kirby.
*OurElvesAreDifferent: Many people are distant descendants of the mythical fairy king Oberon, including Ellies best friend Jay. This gives them limited magical powers and the ability to use fairy rings for FastTravel.
*OurGhostsAreDifferent: There is a strong distinction between human and non-human ghosts:
**Human ghosts who are really just vengeful phantoms made out of the dead persons negative feelings while their actual soul resides in the afterlife. They could accidentally be summoned by not being able to make peace with the death of a loved one, or by treating the deceased without respect.
**Animal ghosts on the other hand really seem to be the animals soul summoned from the afterlife, so they have the same basic personality as they had in life. They can gradually change their looks from completely invisible to completely visible.
*PointyEars: As a distant descendant of Oberon, Jay has slightly pointy ears.
*Poltergeist: [[spoiler:In the finaly, Trevors ghost throws a piano at the attendants of the ball.]]
*RaisingTheSteaks: Ellie, like her female ancestors, has the power to summon the ghosts of dead animals. There is no limit as to how long the animal is dead, so she is even able to summon [[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeOtherExtinctCreatures Trilobites]] from fossils millions of years old.
*TownWithADarkSecret: [[spoiler:Everybody in Willowbee knows about Dr. Allertons powers. They regularily relocate the town to avoid prosecution.]]
*WillOTheWisp: Jay is able to summon them as a light source.
*WriteWhatYouKnow: When asked why her protagonist is an asexual Lipan Apache girl, author Darcie Little Badger stated that it's because she is all those things herself and it is easier to write what you know.