I had a hard time getting into the story of Aru as a reincarnation and her sister. I personally had the most trouble with the first half.

What harm can lighting a lamp, do right? It is not like it is actually cursed. A dare from her peers has her lighting a lamp at the museum her mother works at. Our mc has been having trouble fitting in with the popular and rich kids at her school and as a result has been lying a bit. In girls it seems this time around which I think was a great twist. However I have a lot of hope for the series as a whole.Īru Shah retells the story of the Pandava brothers from Hindu mythology through them being reincarnated. The overall recommendations and hype this book has gotten had maybe gotten my hopes up a bit too high. But how is one girl in Spider-Man pajamas supposed to do all thatĪfter having read some great middle grades recently Aru Shah left me with some mixed emotions. 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. Her classmates and beloved mother are frozen in time, and it’s up to Aru to save them. She unwittingly frees the Sleeper, an ancient demon whose duty it is to awaken the God of Destruction. Then she can get herself out of this mess and never ever fib again.īut lighting the lamp has dire consequences. They don’t believe her claim that the museum’s Lamp of Bharata is cursed, and they dare Aru to prove it.

One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru’s doorstep to catch her in a lie. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur? 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 their latest archeological trip. Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. Tags: Middle Grade / Fantasy / Mythology / Hindu Mythology / Pandava Brothers / Mahabharata / Kingdom of Death / Hindu Gods Book: Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet 1) by Roshani Chokshi

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