Roshani chokshi aru shah5/7/2023 ![]() ![]() I am very glad that she chose to have the brothers be sisters. But Chokshi adds her own stamp on a very old story. It’s also not a surprise that a book curated by Rick Riordan on his Rick Riordan Presents imprint tells a story with mythology bursting from every page. ![]() I love all mythology and fairy tales, so for me, this was an easy sell. Mild spoilers ahead, but they are on the book’s jacket copy and are revealed very early on.Ĭhokshi dives deeply into the rich world of Hindu mythology, introducing gods, demons, beasts, and magic that is exciting, weird and fun. One day, on a dare, she rubs a cursed lamp and discovers she is, in fact, the reincarnation of one of five Pandava brothers, semi-divine heroes of a famous Hindu epic-and she must save the world. Twelve-year-old Aru Shah thinks she’s just an ordinary middle schooler trying to fit in. ![]() ![]() I am not even mad that Chokshi ended the book on a wicked cliffhanger, because it means she has to give us a sequel! (Book two, Aru Shah and the Song of Death, came out on April 30, and it’s on the top of my to-be-read pile.) Roshani Chokshi’s middle grade debut, Aru Shah and the End of Time, is delightful from start to finish. ![]()
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