History Literature / TheIntruders

* FiveManBand: Four kids but they still fit.
** TheLeader: Joel is the protagonist and takes on this role properly in the climax.
** TheLancer: Tim is the only other person who sees the ghosts and backs Joel up. As he's the youngest, he doubles as TheHeart.
** TheBigGuy: Damon is the oldest sibling and is called on to do a lot of heavy lifting.
** TheSmartGuy: Cassie is a history buff and comes up with the majority of ideas on how to deal with the ghosts.

* {{Ladette}}: Cassie is said to be a bit of a tomboy.
* LampshadeHanging: The book is full of it.

* NotSoDifferent: Both the Demetrius and Wilder children suffered a different form of ParentalAbandonment; the former's father left them when they were younger (and Joel doesn't even remember him), and the latter's mother died of an illness.

* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler: Victoria Hawkins]].

* BigBrotherBully: Mostly averted since Damon and Tim have a very good relationship but Damon does shut Tim inside a cupboard in the attic.

%%* BloodyHandprint

* CerebusRetcon: An immediate example. The kids find Damon reading a Dr Seuss book in the library, which Cassie finds funny until this line:

%%* DeadpanSnarker: Damon and Cassie, when they're in good moods.
%%* DefrostingIceQueen: Cassie.

%%* [[spoiler: EverybodyLives]]

%%* HauntedHouse: Well duh.

* SupernaturalProofFather: Damon fills this role as the oldest of the siblings.
%%* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight

* InfantImmortality: Averted and played straight. [[spoiler: The ghosts are of two murdered little boys, but the children themselves survive]].

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* TheBlank: Hollow Face
* BloodyHandprint

* DeadpanSnarker: Damon and Cassie, when they're in good moods.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Cassie.

* [[spoiler: EverybodyLives]]

* HauntedHouse: Well duh.

* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight

* ShoutOut: Damon remarks that this is remarkably similar to an episode of ''ScoobyDoo''. They also find him reading some Dr Seuss in the library.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Damon and Cassie are both aggressive and acerbic characters, but care unambiguously for their younger siblings. And eventually for each other two.

* GhostlyChill

* HauntedHouse

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Damon and Cassie.

''The Intruders'' is a 2006 teen horror novel by E.E. Richardson. It revolves around the children of two families -- Joel and Cassie Demetrius and Tim and Damian Wilder. Their parents are engaged and the book starts with all of them moving in together into a derelict old house that's been neglected for decades. Cassie is dead set against the move and refuses to even acknowledge the other family while often clashing with Damian. Joel and Tim try to keep the peace, which isn't easy when the two of them start having nightmares about being chased through the house. Joel is also convinced that he keeps seeing other boys in the house, and the rest of the children slowly begin to realise that their house may be haunted.

* BerserkButton: At first for Cassie it's Damian using the word "sister".

* FreudianExcuse: Damian is a bit rough and it's understandable when you find out about his mother. Joel also explains that Cassie is aggressive because she's been used to having their mother to herself and isn't ready to share her just yet.

* HappilyMarried: Amanda and Gerald. Not so much Patrick and Victoria.
* AHouseDivided: Inverted. Cassie and Damian are at each other's throats to start off with but the haunting brings them together.

* MissingMom: It's implied that Tim and Damian's mother died of an illness.

* ShoutOut: Damian remarks that this is remarkably similar to an episode of ''ScoobyDoo''. They also find him reading some Dr Seuss in the library.
* SlapSlapKiss: A sibling-related variety. Damian and Cassie's relationship evolves into this.

* SupernaturalProofFather: Damian fills this role as the oldest of the siblings.

* BigBrotherInstict: Damon has this for Tim. Joel develops a similar thing for him even though they're closer in age.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Cassie.

* ShoutOut: Damian remarks that this is remarkably similar to an episode of ''ScoobyDoo''.