History Literature / Tripswitch

* BlackSheep: It's implied that Lureene was this compared to her sisters.

* EvilUncle: Evil Aunt.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Cousins Cilla, Jocasta and Flora. Cilla is a blonde, Jocasta has dark hair and Flora is

%% * BlackSheep: It's implied that Lureene was this compared to her sisters.
%% * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Cousins Cilla, Jocasta and Flora. Cilla is a blonde, Jocasta has dark hair and Flora is

%%* EvilUncle: Evil Aunt.

* {{Adorkable}}: Andrew.

* BlackSheep: It's implied that Lureene was this compared to her sisters.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Cilla, Jocasta and Flora.

* CasanovaWannabe: Andrew Arnott, who presents himself as TheCasanova in order to impress Cilla. He becomes more successful when he works out that Cilla is in danger and tries to help them.
* DidNotDieThatWay: Subverted, the cousins' parents all died in the way they are told (especially since Cilla was at least fourteen when her parents died) [[spoiler: but in each case, as they discover, Lureene caused the deaths of every parent except for Flora's father]].

** Averted with Lureene.
* EvilUncle: More like Evil Aunt.
* InSeriesNickname: Lureene's group leader calls her "Liar". Similarly, she gives names like that to her nieces: "Joke" (Jocasta), "Flaw" (Flora) and "Silly" (Cilla).
* StalkerWithACrush - Andrew keeps hanging around outside the house, trying to get a chance to talk to Cilla. This eventually enables him to help the girls.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Cain and Abel, Lureene's sons.

* BrainyBrunette: Jocasta, the dark-haired girl, likes school and wants to get a good education. Her original CharacterEstablishingMoment is her not wanting to look after her cousins all day because she doesn't want to miss double science at school.

* Averted with Lureene.

* CasanovaWannabe: Andrew Arnott, who presents himself as a {{Casanova}} in order to impress Cilla. He becomes more successful when he works out that Cilla is in danger and tries to help them.

''Tripswitch'' is a 2004 YoungAdult novel by UsefulNotes/NewZealand author Gaelyn Gordon.

''Tripswitch'' is a 2004 YoungAdult novel by New Zealand author Gaelyn Gordon. When cousins Jocasta, Flora and Cilla each lose their parents, they are each sent to live with their Aunt Lureene, who uses witchcraft to make others bend to her will. The three cousins begin to investigate their aunt, and with the help of a local teenager who is desperate to find a girlfriend, they attempt to rescue themselves.

-->''"Let it be the way it seems."''

---> "Let it be the way it seems."

''Tripswitch'' is a YoungAdult novel by New Zealand author Gaelyn Gordon. When cousins Jocasta, Flora and Cilla each lose their parents, they are each sent to live with their Aunt Lureene, who uses witchcraft to make others bend to her will. The three cousins begin to investigate their aunt, and with the help of a local teenager who is desperate to find a girlfriend, they attempt to rescue themselves.

This novel contains examples of these tropes:

* InSeriesNickname - Lureene's group leader calls her "Liar". Similarly, she gives names like that to her nieces: "Joke" (Jocasta), "Flaw" (Flora) and "Silly" (Cilla).
* ThemeTwinNaming: Cain and Abel, Lureene's sons.

Literature/{{Tripswitch}} is a YoungAdult novel by New Zealand author Gaelyn Gordon. When cousins Jocasta, Flora and Cilla each lose their parents, they are each sent to live with their Aunt Lureene, who uses witchcraft to make others bend to her will. The three cousins begin to investigate their aunt, and with the help of a local teenager who is desperate to find a girlfriend, they attempt to rescue themselves.