Aru Shah and the End of Time
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 s
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To impress classmates, twelve-year-old Aru Shah lights a cursed lamp at her museum and accidentally frees a demon. She has nine days to claim her secret heritage and stop the end of time.
Roshani Chokshi's Pandava series has five books: Aru Shah and the End of Time, Aru Shah and the Song of Death, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes, Aru Shah and the City of Gold, and Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality. The series is complete.
Yes. Aru Shah and the End of Time was the launch title for Rick Riordan Presents, an imprint dedicated to mythology-based fantasy for middle-grade readers from underrepresented cultures. The series draws on Hindu mythology rather than Greek or Norse.
Aru Shah and the End of Time was written by Roshani Chokshi, published in 2018 by Disney.
Aru Shah and the End of Time is 368 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Aru Shah and the End of Time takes most readers 6 to 8 hours to finish.
Aru Shah and the End of Time is a standalone novel by Roshani Chokshi, not part of a series.
Aru Shah and the End of Time is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
