Aru Shah and the End of Time

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Roshani Chokshi

Best-selling author Rick Riordan introduces this adventure by Roshani Chokshi about twelve-year-old Aru Shah, who has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she'll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from her latest archeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur? One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru's doorstep to catch her in a lie. They don't believe her claim that the museum's Lamp of Bharata is cursed, and they dare Aru to prove it. Just a quick light, Aru thinks. Then she can get herself out of this mess and never ever fib again. But lighting the lamp has dire consequences. She unwittingly frees the Sleeper, an ancient demon whose duty it is to awaken the God of Destruction. Her classmates and beloved mother are frozen in time, and it's up to Aru to save them. The only way to stop the demon is to find the reincarnations of the five legendary Pandava brothers, protagonists of the Hindu epic poem, the Mahabharata, and journey through the Kingdom of Death. But how is one girl in Spider-Man pajamas supposed to do all that?

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Author

Roshani Chokshi

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Publisher

Disney Electronic Content

Published Date

2018-03-27

ISBN

136801738X 9781368017381

Ratings

Google: 5

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"The beginning of an awesome series..."

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"It's actually pretty awesome series to be honest good work!!"

Aashvi Patel

"Don't give up Aru! Keep going! It will all add up in the end! I love this series. I can't stand the thought of finishing it for good."

Samantha Kokalis

"This series is amazing I can’t stop reading!"

Marielis

"Sailor Moon and Hindu Mythology together? Yes please! When I first heard that this would be part of Rick Riordan’s imprint, I was excited. I had never read anything by Roshani Chokshi and this would be my first book from her I wanted to read. I was not at all disappointed. This book kept me glued from the first page to the last. Aru Shah is a seventh grader with a vivid imagination. Unfortunately that imagination has gotten her in trouble in the past and now three of her classmates have come to visit her to see this cursed lamp. Aru has no choice but to light the lamp or be the laughing stock at school. When she lights the lamp, she releases the Sleeper whom will now go out of his way to awaken the Lord of Destruction. Even worse all those around are suddenly hit with a frozen spell. Aru embarks on a journey to not only stop the Sleeper from awakening the Lord of Destruction but to find a way to free those who were caught in the spell. Along the way she meets Mini and the two girls form a sisterly bond that will help the both of them on this journey but this journey will be wrought with perils and secrets that were meant to never be known. Will Aru be strong enough to take on the Sleeper when the time comes? For the rest of this review, you can find it at <a href="https://ebookreview.dreamwidth.org/47260.html">The Book Review</a>"