Best-selling author Rick Riordan Presents the graphic novel adaptation of the New York Times
best-selling fantasy adventure by Roshani Chokshi inspired by the great Hindu epics she grew
up on.Named one of 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Time magazine!Twelve-year-old Aru Shah
has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are
jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales she'll be spending her autumn break at home
in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture waiting for her mom to return from her latest
archeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty traveling
to Paris and having a chauffeur?One day three schoolmates show up at Aru's doorstep to catch
her in a lie. They don't believe her claim that the museum's Lamp of Bharata is cursed and
they dare Aru to prove it. Just a quick light Aru thinks. Then she can get herself out of this
mess and never ever fib again.But lighting the lamp has dire consequences. She unwittingly
frees the Sleeper an ancient demon whose duty it is to awaken the God of Destruction. Her
classmates and beloved mother are frozen in time and it's up to Aru to save them.The only way
to stop the demon is to find the reincarnations of the five legendary Pandava brothers
protagonists of the Hindu epic poem the Mahabharata and journey through the Kingdom of Death.
But how is one girl in Spider-Man pajamas supposed to do all that?This hilarious and inventive
fantasy is perfect for the graphic novel format.Endorsed by Rick Riordan author of Percy
Jackson and the Olympians soon to be a series on Disney+.Enjoy the entire Aru Shah Pandava
series! Rick Riordan Presents: Aru Shah and the End of Time (Book 1) Rick Riordan Presents: Aru
Shah and the Song of Death (Book 2) Rick Riordan Presents: Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes
(Book 3) Rick Riordan Presents: Aru Shah and the City of Gold (Book 4) Rick Riordan Presents:
Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (Book 5)
