Aru Shah and the City of Gold by Roshani Chokshi

Her quest will have the Pandavas calling on old friends, meeting new allies, and facing fearsome trials, like. Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality:Īru only has until the next full moon to stop the Sleeper from gaining access to the nectar of immortality, which will grant him infinite power. Aru's biggest question, though, is why every adult she has loved and trusted so far has failed her.ĥ. She's pretty sure she didn't wish for a new sister, one who looks strangely familiar and claims to be the Sleeper's daughter, like her. Aru Shah and her friends are sent on a mission to rescue two targets, one of whom is about to utter a prophecy that cannot reach the ears of villainous the Sleeper.Īru has just made a wish on the tree of wishes, but she can't remember what it was.

War between the devas and the demons is imminent, and the Otherworld is on high alert.

If she doesn't find the arrow by the next full moon, she'll be kicked out of the Otherworld. If that weren't bad enough, somehow Aru gets framed as the thief. Instead, they're turning people into heartless fighting-machine zombies. Aru Shah and the City of Gold by Roshani Chokshi is the fourth installment in this wonderful middle grade series. The god of love's bow and arrow have gone missing, and the thief isn't playing Cupid. ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME by Roshani Chokshi adapted by Joe Caramagna illustrated by Anu Chouhan PERSPECTIVES Middle-Grade Reads That Celebrate Asian Heritage However the compelling fitness of theme and event and the apt but unexpected imagery (the opening sentences compare the. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty. Whilst her classmates are jetting off to exotic locales, she'll be at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture where her mother works. Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school.