Aru Shah and the end of time
Roshani Chokshi
In ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME, Aru sets Armageddon in motion on a dare. Her mom, the curator of the Indian cultural museum downstairs from their apartment, has told Aru never to light a particular lamp on display. She does it anyway when three school frenemies who visit the museum call her a liar. Just like that, the friends are frozen in place, her mom is frozen in a scream running to stop her, and Aru must set off on a quest in her Spider-Man PJs to stop a demon creature called the Sleeper from ending the world before the new moon. She learns a lot quickly: that she's a reincarnation of one of the Pandava brothers, famous heroes; that there is another descendant set to help on her quest, an equally flummoxed, hypochondriac girl named Mini; and that she and Mini are therefore linked to the gods. What they need to know most is how to save their loved ones and the Earth in time. If they find three keys, they can open the Door of Death where weapons and answers lie.
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Rableen, Albany Village Library
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