Aru Shah and the End of Time
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2018 · Est. 9 hour read

Aru Shah and the End of Time

By Roshani Chokshi

Book #1 in the Pandava series

A girl accidentally unleashes a demon, freezing time. Can she save her loved ones before it's too late?

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384 pages· 66,332 words· Est. 9 hour read
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Aru Shah, a twelve-year-old with a knack for fibbing, lights a cursed lamp to impress her classmates, unwittingly releasing an ancient demon. With her mother and friends frozen in time, Aru must find the reincarnations of the Pandava brothers and journey through the Kingdom of Death to stop the impending destruction. Can a girl in Spider-Man pajamas rise to the challenge and save the world?

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Best-selling author Rick Riordan introduces this fantasy adventure by New York Times best-selling author, Roshani Chokshi, inspired by the great epics she grew up on.Named one of 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Time magazine!Twelve-year-old Aru Shah 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?A New York Times best-seller.Enjoy the entire Aru Shah Pandava series!Aru Shah and the End of Time (book 1)Aru Shah and the Song of Death (book 2)Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (book 3)

At a glance
Format
Pages
384
Words
66,332
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
630L
Themes & topics
Books about honestyBooks about museumsBooks about race and ethnicityBooks about demonsBooks about self-discovery
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4.1
F&P level
~O
Publication
Published
March 19, 2019
First published
March 27, 2018
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781368023566

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