Aru Shah and the End of Time

By Roshani Chokshi

Categories: Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Aru Shah and the End of Time (2018) by Roshani Chokshi is a middle-grade fantasy novel drawing on Hindu mythology, the first book in the Pandava series. Twelve-year-old Aru Shah, who lives in a museum of Indian art in Atlanta, lights a cursed lamp to prove to classmates that it is real and frees the Sleeper, an ancient demon who threatens to wake the god of destruction. Learning that she is a reincarnation of one of the Pandava brothers, Aru teams up with another girl, Mini, to stop him.