{"product_id":"9781407185798","title":"Aru Shah and the End of Time","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Roshani Chokshi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAdventure stories (Children's \/ Teenage)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 May 2018 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 197 x 24mm | 256g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Has everything I like: humour, action, great characters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand awesome mythology!' Rick Riordan, bestselling author of Percy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJackson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A new star is born.' Eoin Colfer, bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Artemis Fowl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book in an exciting AND funny adventure series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eorder to fit in at school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhilst her classmates are jetting off to exotic locales, she'll\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebe at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture where\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher mother works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etraveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Aru's schoolmates dare her to prove that the museum's Lamp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Bharata is cursed, she doesn't think there's any harm in lighting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit. Little does Aru know that lighting the lamp has dire consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe unwittingly frees the Sleeper, an ancient demon whose\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eduty it is to awaken the God of Destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer classmates and beloved mother are frozen in time, and, accompanied\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby a wise-cracking pigeon and her long-lost half-sister,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit's up to Aru to save them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacy, page-turning storytelling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echarming, funny writing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erelatable characters to root for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea diverse, original feel to the set-up - drawing inspiration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom Hindu gods\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Aru Shah and the End of Time:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The characters and gods that make up Chokshi’s world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare hilarious ... The empowerment that Chokshi places in her two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emain characters of Aru and Mini, tells readers that girls are strong\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand fierce and not to be underestimated.' Bill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGowsell, Laughing Place\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Chokshi weaves an engrossing adventure that will leave readers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eanticipating the next installment.' Publishers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roshani Chokshi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64837540675933,"sku":"9781407185798","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781407185798.jpg?v=1780052478","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781407185798","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}